Spring Henley
Finished
May 14, 2014
May 29, 2014

Spring Henley

Project info
KC [Kynance Cove] by Isabell Kraemer
Knitting
SweaterPullover
me
M1
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
20 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
1,300 yards = 5.2 skeins
madelinetosh DK Twist
1763 yards in stash
0.95 skeins = 237.5 yards (217.2 meters)
Green
madelinetosh DK Twist
625 yards in stash
2 skeins = 500.0 yards (457.2 meters)
Blue
January 2013
madelinetosh DK Twist
125 yards in stash
2 skeins = 500.0 yards (457.2 meters)
Natural/Undyed
January 23, 2012
madelinetosh DK Twist
63 yards in stash
0.25 skeins = 62.5 yards (57.2 meters)
Red-purple
Notes

Update: My first soak and blocking left a couple of spots where both the blue and the green stripes bled on to the white - see the sideways picture for some spots on the sleeve. A second soak including 4 colour-catcher sheets resulted in a pale blue stripe in place of the white. Apparently, the second time the yarn bled A LOT! The white seems to be evenly discoloured, so disaster is averted.

Alternate blue, green and natural (C1) stripes. Blue (C2) for hem and placket.

Notes:

  • my yarn is thicker, so will knit M1 to get M2.
  • because I have blue as C2, I bound off the back neck stitches with C2 instead of C1 after the first shoulder, so I can pick up for the neckband with blue, without having a white stripe. In hindsight, I could have just started with blue as C1 and white as C2, then changed to green as the alternative C1.
  • because I am a crazy person, I knit the “faux seam” stitch on the first row of a colour change so the purl bump wouldn’t show the change.
  • 11 CC stripes to bottom of placket (should have joined during the blue stripe, not the MC below -oops - as my placket is blue, not MC).
  • 17 CC stripes then next CC is oxblood. 8 rows instead of 6 as there is already a lot going on with the 3 colours and I wanted the oxblood to pop out.
  • buttonband on the left and buttonhole band on the right.
  • did 2-stitch buttonholes as my buttons are large.
  • 6 oxblood rounds for sleeves instead of 4.

46 g oxblood to start, 22 g left
2 g antler left (may have had slightly less than 2 full skeins).
8 g laurel left
couple of yards of lapis left - you can see the small balls of the 3 primary colours that I had left in the picture.

Project Gauge:
20 sts x 27 rows = 4 x 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch on 4 mm needle.

236 grams Antler to start - 113 and 123 grams.

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Finished
May 14, 2014
May 29, 2014
 
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by madelinetosh
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100% Merino
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  • Project created: May 11, 2014
  • Finished: May 29, 2014
  • Updated: February 1, 2016
  • Progress updates: 7 updates