Crabster
Finished
June 21, 2015
June 5, 2016

Crabster

Project info
Chesapeake Jacket by Ann McDonald Kelly
Knitting
Coat / Jacket
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1,082 yards
Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd's Wool Worsted
none left in stash
3.17 skeins = 792.5 yards (724.7 meters), 358 grams
Conversational Threads Fiber Arts Studio in Emmaus, Pennsylvania
June 14, 2015
Succulent Fiber Worsted Merino/Mulberry Silk
none left in stash
1.45 skeins = 290.0 yards (265.2 meters), 145 grams
Fiberista
June 11, 2015
Notes

My son likes to combine the word lobster and crab together - I’m not sure if he realizes they aren’t the same thing! But it’s hard to correct him because I love the new word, Crabster!

Worked 2 extra rows mc for body before armholes since row gauge is off

Start neck shaping on row 23 of crab since my row gauge is 7 rows to an inch versus 6

7/31/15 body is done! not loving fairisle lately, so getting to this part was really hard. lol
I will be doing the sleeves in the round, so CO 2 less sts for each sleeve (and consequently have 2 less sts after all the increases have been worked)

1/25/16 finally picking up where I left off by finishing up the first sleeve and sewing it in. I started to work on the neck but ripped it out- I think I will do the pick up method of working short rows rather than picking up all the sts at once. I can’t get my neck edge to look pretty enough otherwise.

6/2/16 decided to pick up 88 sts each side (after working collar short rows) and will work a 1.25” buttonband

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Finished
June 21, 2015
June 5, 2016
 
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Aran
100% Merino
250 yards / 113 grams

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by Succulent Fiber
Worsted
50% Merino, 50% Silk
200 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: April 24, 2015
  • Project created: June 21, 2015
  • Updated: June 5, 2016
  • Progress updates: 8 updates