elephant milo - shower gift
Finished
May 28, 2012
June 2, 2012

elephant milo - shower gift

Project info
Milo by Georgie Nicolson
Knitting
Vest
Baby Fish
6 months
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
600 yards = 4 skeins
Malabrigo Yarn Silky Merino
2 skeins = 300.0 yards (274.3 meters), 100 grams
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Malabrigo Yarn Silky Merino
2 skeins = 300.0 yards (274.3 meters), 100 grams
Notes

Color work did not come out as well as I had hoped. This was my first time stranding, and my tension was too tight. Grrrr…

Stranded Knitting Tutorial
Elephants Marching chart

For 6 month size:
-11 elephants per row
-make sure your stitch count, when commencing the bottom section, is dividable by 9.
-to make bottom garter band sit flat, make last row a knit row and cast off in purl.

For 3 month size:
-Increase to 90 stitches (for 5 repeats of chart)
5 rows in between each elephant row
-After joining for the body: 1 row purl, 2 rows knit x 2 and then the same for the bottom hem.

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Finished
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June 2, 2012
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51% Silk, 49% Merino
150 yards / 50 grams

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  • Originally queued: January 9, 2012
  • Project created: May 14, 2012
  • Finished: June 2, 2012
  • Updated: June 10, 2012
  • Progress updates: 3 updates