Berry Semele
Finished
April 20, 2011
May 3, 2011

Berry Semele

Project info
Semele by Åsa Tricosa
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
me
46x175 cm
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
Aade Lõng Artistic 8/2
none left in stash
1.75 skeins = 764.8 yards (699.3 meters), 175 grams
Notes

A relatively easy and surprisingly quick project.
Usually, I find working from a chart easier, but not in this case. I frequently got lost in the chart and made mistakes. After I started working using written instructions only, the knitting went much faster and easier. I used approx. 175g of yarn.

Pattern errors (?):
My copy of the pattern had a couple of mistakes in the written section (charts were correct).

Part 9 (chart3)
row 39:

it is: sl1, k2, yo, k2tog, p1, k7, p2, k1, yo, k2tog,, p1, k1, yo, k1, p1, k2, etc…
instead, the section in the bold type should be:
yo, k1, yo as per chart 3

row 52:
it is: sl1, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, p7, k1,, k2tog, k1, yo, k2 tog, etc.
instead, the section in the bold type should be:
k2 as per chart 3

row 58:
it is: sl1, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, k3,, k2, yo, k2tog, etc.
instead, the section in the bold type should be:
k2 as per chart 3

YARN:
Generally speaking, I’m not very impressed. I bought it mainly because of the colourway.
Pros:
Reasonable price for the amount of yarn (I got mine on eBay).
Nice, deep colorways. Nice, long color repeats.

Cons:
Somewhat scratchy (softer than Kauni). Did not soften after a wash.
Very prone to felting.
Definitely not color fast. When I washed (soaked, really) my scarf, a LOT of dye came off. Afterwards, the colors of my scarf were not as saturated/intense as before.
Tends to pill. Sheds a bit while knitting with it. After a gentle wash/soak it bloomed considerably.
My skein had a lot of little twig/grass bits in it.

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Finished
April 20, 2011
May 3, 2011
 
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by Aade Lõng
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100% Wool
437 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: April 8, 2011
  • Project created: April 21, 2011
  • Finished: May 4, 2011
  • Updated: May 12, 2011
  • Progress updates: 14 updates