Owls, Olives, and Burnt Earth in Pleasant Valley
Finished
September 27, 2015
October 21, 2015

Owls, Olives, and Burnt Earth in Pleasant Valley

Project info
Pleasant Valley by Boo Knits
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
Testing for
Boo-Knits on ravelry
a bit bigger :-)
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
921 yards = 3.37 skeins
Dibadu Funnies - Crazy Merino
66 yards in stash
0.85 skeins = 232.4 yards (212.5 meters), 85 grams
Orange
Dibadu Funnies - Crazy Merino
79 yards in stash
0.8 skeins = 218.7 yards (200.0 meters), 80 grams
Green
Dibadu Funnies - Crazy Merino
60 yards in stash
1.72 skeins = 470.2 yards (430.0 meters), 172 grams
Natural/Undyed
Notes

Starting weight skeins:

  • Schleiereule 1 - 110g
  • Schleiereule 2 - 105g
  • Oliven - 110g
  • Erde - 109g

Yarn A: Schleiereule (Barn Owl)
Yarn B: Oliven in Limettensauce (Olives in Lime Sauce)
Yarn C: Gebrannte Erde (Burnt Earth)

I think I’m confusing myself with yarns B and C :-). Luckily, I managed one test knit in the correct order. I think.

Intentionally switched yarns B and C for the last two charts!

Yarn usage:

  • Setup section - yarn A1 108g left
  • Introductory section - yarn A1 104g left, yarn B 109g left
  • Main Body 1 - yarn A1 96g left, yarn B, 104g, yarn C 102g left (correct order of B and C in here)
  • Main body 2 - yarn A1 86g left, yarn B 95g left, yarn C 98g left (started BCB instead if CBC)
  • Main body 3 - yarn A1 74g left, yarn B 85g left, yarn C 89g left
  • Main body 4 - yarn A1 58g left, yarn B 73g left, yarn C 80g left
  • main body 5 - yarn A1 41g left, yarn B 59g left, yarn C 66g left (switched back to CBC for the second half)
  • main body 6 - yarn A1 18g left, yarn B 46g left, yarn C 48g left
  • main body rows 1-6 - yarn A1 18g left, yarn B 44g left, yarn C 40g left
  • stst band - yarn A1 0g left, yarn A2 94g left, yarn B 38g left, yarn C 31g left
  • edging - yarn A2 58 left, yarn B 34g left, yarn C 24g
  • picots - yarn A2 43g left

One more stitch in edging

measures 100x190cm

shawl 25 in 2015

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Finished
September 27, 2015
October 21, 2015
 
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by Dibadu
DK
100% Merino
273 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: September 27, 2015
  • Finished: October 21, 2015
  • Updated: September 11, 2017