Hortensia
Finished
July 29, 2022
August 22, 2022

Hortensia

Project info
Serafina by Rachel Brockman
Knitting
TopsTee
myself
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
24 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in stockinet
1,896 yards = 4.08 skeins
ITO Kinu
232 yards in stash
3.5 skeins = 1626.7 yards (1487.5 meters), 175 grams
K206K06C
Purple
dibadu - alles in Wolle
June 9, 2022
ITO Kinu
195 yards in stash
0.58 skeins = 269.6 yards (246.5 meters), 29 grams
K20ZK06C
Pink
dibadu - alles in Wolle
June 9, 2022
Notes

General
MC Violet, CC Hydrangea - holding both yarns double

Added shortrows to shape neck.

My gauge is completely off so I’m using the pattern numbers as a guideline and completely recalculating the yoke.

TCKAL cast-on post: #367

Mods

  • sleeves CO 84 st, knit sleeve chart r 1-7 + hem chart r 16-21 + 10 r stockinet with MC, set aside 12 st for underarm = 72 st,
  • body CO 288 st, knit hem chart r 1-56 (skipped r 25 & 37) + 5 r stockinet + 1 r decreasing 4 st + decreased 4 st every 6th r another seven times times (=256 st) + 5 r stockinet, joined with sleeves, setting aside 12 st on each side for underarms,
  • yoke 376 st at start, decreased 8 st every 3rd r eight times + every 2nd r sixteen times + 7 pairs of German Shortrows (starting 5 st from centre front with turning-points 3 st apart) while at the same time continuing decreases every 2nd r seven times but the last time only decrease 4 st (=132 st) + 1 r plain stockinet,
  • neckline chart r 1-5 ETA 2022-08-26: too wide so frogged CC, changed to smaller needles and decreased 12 st on first r + purled second r + YO ssk all third r + purled fourth r + BO,
  • grafted underarm stitches.
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Finished
July 29, 2022
August 22, 2022
 
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  • Originally queued: June 10, 2022
  • Project created: July 29, 2022
  • Finished: August 24, 2022
  • Updated: August 28, 2022
  • Progress updates: 20 updates