Little Red Fox Aurora in Marsa Alam looking at the sea turning from steel blue to stormy gray...
Finished
April 24, 2016
May 17, 2016

Little Red Fox Aurora in Marsa Alam looking at the sea turning from steel blue to stormy gray...

Project info
marsa alam by Isabell Kraemer
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
me
38
Needles & yarn
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
DyeForYarn Fingering Merino/Silk
DyeForYarn in Fuerth, Bayern
November 8, 2014
Handmaiden Fine Yarn Lino
Brown
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Handmaiden Fine Yarn Lino
Blue-green
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Heimatwolle Galana
Fingering (14 wpi)
Stahl
Blue
Heimatwolle, Köln
Walk Collection Linea
1 skein = 437.0 yards (399.6 meters), 100 grams
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Notes

Not sure about the colour of the lower parts of sleeves and body.

Red Fox + Masala: the original colours in the pattern, but running short of Masala. Volcanic sand: too dark

Aurora + Stahl: enough to finish both, but looks too streaky on greater areas

TUT Linum Breath + dibadu Muschelsucher: beautiful, but not sure about third colour, too much?

DFY Stormy gray sea + Aurora: better than the lighter blue, maybe good for lower body; probably not enough for sleeves, too

And what about the button band? No ribbing; maybe garter with one row of each colour? The WS looks so nice.

Decisions over decisions, have to think about now in the garden

22.05.2016 update final version:
hem: with DFY Stormy Gray Sea + Aurora last 4 stripes and last 4cm; ribbing k3p1 with needles 3,5mm, 3 rows stockinette for rolled trim

button band: also with the darker blue, k3p1, 3,5mm; buttons used with the “wrong” (rough) side up

neck finishing: 2 rows stockinette dark blue/Aurora, 1 row knit in Masala/Red Fox, 1 row purl and BO (knitwise on RS)in light blue/Aurora (3,5mm)

sleeves: with lighter blue/Aurora, because I run out of Stormy Gray Sea. K3p1 5cm with 3,5mm, change to 2,75mm and finish like neck.

LOVELOVELOVE this little cardi!!! The yarns in their colours and softness, the beautiful feeling and drape, and the fit of the pattern.

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Finished
April 24, 2016
May 17, 2016
 
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65% Silk, 35% Linen / Flax
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75% Merino, 25% Bombyx
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50% Alpaca, 25% Silk, 25% Linen / Flax
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  • Project created: May 7, 2016
  • Finished: May 19, 2016
  • Updated: May 22, 2016
  • Progress updates: 3 updates