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Finished
December 22, 2016
January 2, 2017

Cyanometer

Project info
Great Basin Cyanometer by Virginia Catherall
Knitting
Neck / Torso → Cowl
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
28 stitches = 4 inches
966 yards
Coonie's Wolle Merino Fingering HT
none left in stash
1 skein = 875.0 yards (800.1 meters), 200 grams
Wasserspiele
Blue-green
coonies-wolle
December 15, 2016
Lana Grossa Meilenweit
0.2 skeins = 91.8 yards (83.9 meters), 20 grams
Light Gray
Gray
Notes

A cyanometer is an instrument for measuring the blueness of the sky. It was invented in 1789 by scientist Horace-Bénédict de Saussure who correctly surmised that blueness was dependent on the amount of water vapor suspended in the atmosphere.

Cast on 60 sts ..
W+T : 48 , 36,24,12 sts

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December 22, 2016
January 2, 2017
 
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Great Basin Cyanometer
by Virginia Catherall
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Meilenweit
by Lana Grossa
Fingering
80% Wool, 20% Nylon
459 yards / 100 grams

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Merino Fingering HT
by Coonie's Wolle
Fingering
100% Merino
875 yards / 200 grams

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  • Project created: December 22, 2016
  • Finished: January 2, 2017
  • Updated: January 22, 2017
  • Progress updates: 12 updates