Queen of Jungles
Finished
April 10, 2015
April 24, 2015

Queen of Jungles

Project info
Affinity Lace Shawl by Hayley Tsang Sather
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
As written
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
559 yards
Solstice Yarns Changeling Silk Kid Mohair
46 yards in stash
0.64 skeins = 245.1 yards (224.1 meters), 64 grams
Green
Etsy
Solstice Yarns Osiris
79 yards in stash
0.72 skeins = 314.6 yards (287.7 meters), 72 grams
Green
Notes

Beads are Toho size 6 ccy302 Jet Picasso

The yarn just wanted to be knit up to display its glorious colours. Affinity is the perfect pattern.

A slight hiccup towards the end, I skipped a chart, oops, but that’s rather a user error than a flaw of the pattern. Redid it.

Measurements:
Depth 18 in / 46 cm
Width 50 in / 127 cm
Wingspan 63,5 in / 162 cm

Doing the 3/5 as if knitting a DCD
Bound off with both yarns

Yarn usage

Starting weights: yarn A 90g, yarn B 100g

After setup and chart A: yarn A: 87g - used 3g
Chart B: yarn A ?, yarn B 98g - used 2g
Chart C: yarn B 87g - used 11g
Chart D: yarn A 83g - used 4g, yarn B 85g - used 2g
Chart E: yarn A 73g - used 10g
Chart F: yarn B 81g - used 4g
Chart G: yarn A, 67g - used 6g
Chart H: yarn B 48g - used 33g
Chart I?
Chart J: Yarn A 34g, I and J used 33g
Chart K: yarn B 38g, used 10g
Bindoff: yarn A, 26g, used 12g, yarn B 28g, used 10g

#7 in 2015, #3 above 500m

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Finished
April 10, 2015
April 24, 2015
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100% Silk
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67% Silk, 23% Mohair, 10% Nylon
383 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: April 6, 2015
  • Project created: April 10, 2015
  • Finished: April 25, 2015
  • Updated: September 11, 2017