Shades of Grey and Purple
This project is an UGH!
Frogged
July 27, 2019
October 14, 2021

Shades of Grey and Purple

Project info
Continued Strip Afghan by Barbara G. Walker
Knitting
BlanketBedspread
me
Queen
Needles & yarn
US 10 - 6.0 mm
8 stitches and 12 rows = 2 inches
in stockinette
5,053 yards
Berroco Ultra® Alpaca Chunky
9.68 skeins = 1268.1 yards (1159.5 meters), 968 grams
Gray
Lorna's Laces Revelation Multi
7 skeins = 875.0 yards (800.1 meters), 791 grams
Twisted Yarns in Spring, Texas
Manos del Uruguay Wool Clasica
8.5 skeins = 1171.3 yards (1071.0 meters), 850 grams
100
Manos del Uruguay Wool Clasica
7 skeins = 964.6 yards (882.0 meters), 700 grams
41
Purple
Wool and the Gang Wooly Bully Alpaca
18 skeins = 774.0 yards (707.7 meters), 900 grams
Notes

Making a blanket using Barbara Walker’s 4th treasury of Knitting Patterns and her other book Mosaic Knitting. Doing The Continued Strip Sampler in a rectangle to use on my bed. Using up stash yarn that was given to me a long time ago.

I’m going to reproduce the charts via Envisioknit software so that I could open it as a PDF in my Knitcompanion program.

07-27-2019

Center block Mosaic 73 from the Mosaic Knitting book. Repeated 4 times. Salt & Pepper yarn as the background and Variegated Manos yarn as the pattern.

07-29-2019

Block 2 goes on the top and the bottom of the center block. Mosaic 73 from the Mosaic Knitting book. Variegated Manos yarn for the background and the Space Black for the pattern.

07-30-2019

Block 3 goes on the sides of the center block worked in Variegated Manos yarn for the background and the Space Black for the pattern. 67 stitches.

Patter is Band 1 from the Mosaic Knitting book.

Used a 2:3 pick up ratio that I got from this great post from MDK. My first two tries had too many stitches and it was buckling. This system worked very well.

08-03-2019

Block 4 and we’re back to the top and bottom. Picking up 12 stitches on the sides of block 3. 63 stitches. Background is Space Black and Mineshaft for the pattern.

Pattern is from Band 2 in the Mosaic Knitting book.

08-07-2019

Block 5 - Sides.

Background is Space Black and Mineshaft for the pattern.

Pick up 12 stitches on both ends for a total of 91 stitches.

Work 11 repeats of Band 5 from Mosaic Knitting.

08-15-2019

Block 6 - Top and Bottom

Background is Mineshaft and pattern is Manos yarn #41.

Working 7 repeats of Band 4 from the Mosaic Knitting book.

08-19-2019

Block 7 - sides

Background remains Mineshaft and pattern continues with Manos yarn #41.

Working 7 repeats of Band 8 from the Mosaic Knitting book.

08-22-2019

Block 8 - Top and Bottom

Background Manos yarn #41 and pattern is in the Salt and Pepper.

Working 9 repeats of Band 7 from the Mosaic Knitting book.

08-27-2019

Block 9 - Sides

Background Manos yarn #41 and pattern is in the Salt and Pepper.

Working 17 repeats of Band 16 from the Mosaic Knitting book.

09-04-2019

Block 10 - Top and Bottom

Picking up 14 stitches on each end for 139 stitches,

Salt & Pepper yarn as the background and Variegated Manos yarn as the pattern.

Working 8 repeats of band 34,

09-09-2019

Block 11 - Sides

Picking up 20 stitches on each end for 179 stitches,

Salt & Pepper yarn as the background and Variegated Manos yarn as the pattern.

Working 11 repeats of band 14.

09-11-2019

Got too big for pinning and pictures.

Block 12 - Top and Bottom

Picking up 12 stitches on each end for 163 stitches,

Variegated Manos yarn for the background and the Space Black for the pattern.

Working 8 repeats of band 3.

09-15-2019

Block 13 - Sides

Picking up 12 stitches on each end for 203 stitches,

Variegated Manos yarn for the background and the Space Black for the pattern.

Working 10 repeats of band 6.

09-19-2019

Block 14 - Top and Bottom

Picking up 12 stitches on each end for 203 stitches,

Background is Space Black and Mineshaft for the pattern.

Working 23 repeats of band 40.

10-02-2019

Block 15 - Sides

Picking up 17 stitches on each end for 237 stitches,

Background is Space Black and Mineshaft for the pattern.

Working 18 repeats of band 30.

10-02-2019

Block 16 - Top and Bottom

Background is Mineshaft and pattern is Manos yarn #41.

Picking up 18 stitches on each end for 223 stitches.

Working 22 repeats of band 10.

12-31-2019

Block 17 - Sides

Background is Mineshaft and pattern is Manos yarn #41.

Picking up 11 stitches on each end for 259 stitches.

Working band 21.

06-04-2020

Blocks 18 and 19

Background Manos yarn #41 and pattern is in the Salt and Pepper.

Bock 18 - Top and Bottom -
Pick up 18 stitches on either side for 259 stitches.
16 repeats of Band 24.

Block 19 - Sides
Pick up 19 stitches on each side for 297 stitches.
21 repeats of band 31

06-04-2020

I sealed it up in a space bag and put it away for the summer. I’ll finish it up in the fall.

10-14-2021

I got this yarn from a truly horrible person. I couldn’t look at it anymore so in the trash it went.

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This project is an UGH!
Frogged
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October 14, 2021
 
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