04-15-2022

Currently on Avocado Row 15

Have 3 colors left…

Yellow - Honey
Orange - Pumpkin
Red - ?

Sep 12 - 13, 2022
There were 2 rows of Honey done on Mon Sep 12.

I knit the remaining 18 between Mon and Tues and started the Pumpkin on Tues Sep 13

09-17-2022

Trying to figure out the border.

Did a small garter swatch to compare to each section.

Determined each stripe required 13 stitches (4 of them required 14)
So 13 stitches x 11 stripe blocks plus 4 = 147.
Each of the top and bottom border strips requires 3 stitches.
So 147 +3+3 =153…

So 153 is what I’m going to try for my first strip.

Tried 153… Just a tad short.

Gonna try 160

Btw: For casting on purposes - it was 3 x my full wing span.

Had to try yet again
184 is the winning total
16 stitches per stripe
4 stitches per border

• Side note: Absolutely no idea how the original pattern thought 224 stitches would work!?

So…
184 didn’t work…
I think it was still short.
I think my tension kept getting tighter as I did these.

So far with the separate strip I tried 153, 160 & 184…

I tried picking up stitches.
I did 18×11 = 198 + 8 = 206.
Oddly this is too big and caused ruffling. So back to the drawing board…

Pinched the ruffles and pinned them to estimate number of stitches.
Gonna try picking up
14×11 = 154 + 8 = 162

Tried 14 - it was fine - but I had to redo bc I picked up too close to the edge.

Redid with
15×11 = 165 + 8 = 173

09-23-2022

Bound Off!

09-24-2022

Weaved in ends.

Machine washed on
I risked this to see if it can withstand it.
Caused it to fuzz quite a bit.
Should do gentle cycle next time.