Bumblebee by Verena Cohrs

Bumblebee

Knitting
November 2016
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in flat in Garter Stitch, on 3 mm / US 2.5 needle, after blocking
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
1225 - 1400 yards (1120 - 1280 m)
One size [270 cm / 106“ wingspan along top edge; 56 cm / 22“ deep at deepest point]
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PATTERN INFO

SIZES
One size (270 cm / 106“ wingspan along top edge; 56 cm / 22“ deep at deepest point)

YARN
Sweet Sparrow Yarns Hummingbird (fingering-weight; 50% Merino, 50% silk; 400 metres / 438 yards per 100g)

MC: 750 metres / 820 yards (shown in Peach Fizz)

CC: 400 metres / 438 yards (shown in Garden Rose)

GAUGE
23 sts x 46 rows = 10 x 10 cm (worked flat in Garter Stitch, on 3 mm / US 2.5 needle, after blocking)

NEEDLES
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needle (or needle size to obtain gauge) with a cable length of at least 100 cm / 40”

NOTIONS
Blocking tools (optional), crochet hook and scrap yarn (for provisional cast-on, optional), darning needle

TECHNIQUES
Provisional Cast On

CONTRIBUTORS
Photography: Ricarda Schüller, Verena Cohrs
Models: Reina-Maria Nerlich, Beate Döring
Sample knitting: Verena Cohrs