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My senior knitting assistant Howie (adopted on Jan 1, 2003)
My senior knitting assistant Howie (adopted on Jan 1, 2003)
My junior knitting assistant Gracie (adopted on Sep 8, 2019)
My junior knitting assistant Gracie (adopted on Sep 8, 2019)
And we’re off!
And we’re off!
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Finished
August 23, 2019
September 28, 2019

Bressay

Project info
Bressay by Marie Wallin
Knitting
Sweater → Pullover
44
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
29 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches
in patterned stocking stitch and 29 sts and 39 rounds over plain st st
2,415 yards = 21 skeins
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
9 skeins = 1035.0 yards (946.4 meters), 225 grams
155 Bramble
Purple
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
2 skeins = 230.0 yards (210.3 meters), 50 grams
106 Mooskit
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
2 skeins = 230.0 yards (210.3 meters), 50 grams
567 Damask
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
1 skein = 115.0 yards (105.2 meters), 25 grams
141 Camel
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
1 skein = 115.0 yards (105.2 meters), 25 grams
320 Steel
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
1 skein = 115.0 yards (105.2 meters), 25 grams
102 Shaela
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
1 skein = 115.0 yards (105.2 meters), 25 grams
329 Laurel
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
1 skein = 115.0 yards (105.2 meters), 25 grams
147 Moss
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
1 skein = 115.0 yards (105.2 meters), 25 grams
190 Tundra
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
1 skein = 115.0 yards (105.2 meters), 25 grams
230 Yellow ochre
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift
1 skein = 115.0 yards (105.2 meters), 25 grams
261 Paprika
The Woolly Thistle in West Lebanon, New Hampshire
May 2019
Notes

Ordered kit from The Woolly Thistle on May 15, 2019

Knit XL/44 inches

MY GAUGE: on 3.25mm needles, stranded in the round
7.25 stitches per inch (29 stitches in 4 inches)
8.75 rounds per inch (35 rounds in 4 inches)

Knit ribbing on 2.5mm needles the switched to 3.25mm needles for rest of body and sleeves

Added 5.5cm to body length for total of 33cm

NOTE TO SELF: Use two 3.25mm Hiya Hiyas after ribbing on sleeve until 4th decrease round. Then change to KP Caspian 3.25mm needles

Added 6 short rows to back of neck immediately after colorwork and before rounds of plain knitting

Did additional round of decreases at neck before ribbing for total of 122 neck ribbing stitches

Stayed with 3.25mm needles until neck ribbing, then changed to 2.5mm needles

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Finished
August 23, 2019
September 28, 2019
 
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Bressay
by Marie Wallin
from Shetland
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Shetland Spindrift
by Jamieson's of Shetland
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100% Shetland
115 yards / 25 grams

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  • Project created: August 23, 2019
  • Finished: September 28, 2019
  • Updated: August 4, 2020
  • Progress updates: 3 updates