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Egg to Turtle 2 - Worsted Rios
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January 2, 2023
January 8, 2023

Egg to Turtle 2 - Worsted Rios

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Egg to Turtle by Susan B. Anderson
Knitting
Softies → Animal
LMT
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
Malabrigo Yarn Rios
193 yards in stash
0.07 skeins = 14.7 yards (13.4 meters), 7 grams
63 Natural
Natural/Undyed
Eat.Sleep.Knit in Dallas, Georgia
Malabrigo Yarn Rios
183 yards in stash
195 Black
Black
WEBS - America's Yarn Store in Northampton, Massachusetts
Malabrigo Yarn Rios
414 yards in stash
0.03 skeins = 6.3 yards (5.8 meters), 3 grams
886 Diana
Multicolored
WEBS - America's Yarn Store in Northampton, Massachusetts
Malabrigo Yarn Rios
416 yards in stash
0.02 skeins = 4.2 yards (3.8 meters), 2 grams
35 Frank ochre
Yellow
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
Malabrigo Yarn Rios
101 yards in stash
0.1 skeins = 21.0 yards (19.2 meters), 10 grams
37 Lettuce
Green
Jimmy Beans Wool in Reno, Nevada
Notes

Finished size:
Egg: 3” L x 2” W
Turtle: 4.5” L x 2.75” W (incl head/tail/legs)

10.1g Lettuce used for body/legs/head
6.7g Natural used (for egg and whipstitching)
2.7g Diana used for main shell color
1.5g Frank ochre (yellow) used for shell contrast stripes
Black Rios used for eyes & mouth.

16 rows (~1”) for opening in egg & body

Picked up stitches for shell using interchangeables but then knit with DPNs.

May have overstuffed head slightly.

To gift in person during Feb 15-22, 2023 trip.

Completed 01.08.2023

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January 2, 2023
January 8, 2023
About this pattern
Egg to Turtle
by Susan B. Anderson
from Interweave Website
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Rios
by Malabrigo Yarn
Worsted
100% Merino
210 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: December 29, 2022
  • Updated: January 9, 2023
  • Progress updates: 5 updates