No Flowers In MY Hair!
Finished
December 19, 2016
December 27, 2016

No Flowers In MY Hair!

Project info
Tales of San Francisco by Dani Gherardi
Knitting
Neck / TorsoCowl
myself
Needles & yarn
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
20 stitches = 4 inches
in stockinet stitch
Du Store Alpakka BabySilk
none left in stash
3.05 skeins = 443.6 yards (405.7 meters), 152 grams
318
Orange
Kaki AB
August 18, 2016
Notes

General
Designated gauge feels far too floppy with this yarn. 4mm needles gives 20st which feels better - and I want the neck narrower anyway.
This yarn is VERY splitty so despite it also being wonderfully soft and shiny I’m not giving it more than three stars.
Note to self: The anemone stitch looks very cool but it’s murder on my hands. Do not use again!

Mods

  • Using smaller needles for the seed stitch.
  • Cast on 116st. I want the neck higher so I started the pattern rounds immediately after the knit-through-the-backloop rows.
  • Knited row 1 to 20 then knitted 1 row + row 1 to 20 again.
  • Increased to 136st. Made 3 pairs of short rows with shadow wraps, 10st between each turn. Knitted row 1 to 20.
  • Increased to 164st. Row 1 to 20.
  • Increased to 208st. Row 1 to 20.
  • Knitted 1 row + row 1 to 20 (row 13 through the backloop). Cast off in pattern.
viewed 36 times | helped 3 people
Finished
December 19, 2016
December 27, 2016
 
About this pattern
22 projects, in 52 queues
turloughishere's overall rating
turloughishere's clarity rating
turloughishere's difficulty rating
About this yarn
by Du Store Alpakka
Sport
80% Alpaca, 20% Silk
145 yards / 50 grams

2004 projects

stashed 1080 times

turloughishere's star rating
turloughishere's adjectives for this yarn
  1. very splitty
  2. silky
  3. soft
  • Originally queued: December 14, 2016
  • Project created: December 19, 2016
  • Finished: December 28, 2016
  • Updated: August 14, 2020
  • Progress updates: 9 updates