It is made from a handspun sliver from Anna Gratton Ltd called Everglade, 29 micron Corriedale plyed with a fine commercial Merino. 3.5 hook.
Making use of an under used Pilates mat and way under used knitting machine weights to block the wrap on our sunny deck. I actually thought it was going to be too small and enquired of more sliver from Anna! More coming soon but slightly different colours.
I spun the singles by breaking off 15-20cm pieces of sliver, spreading them out flattish so the colours were seperated then spinning on the fold.
I wanted to break the rows of shell motif up by adding in the rows of treble blocks. Therein I met a problem with the graphs available on Pinterest. I finished the blocks but then couldn't get the shells to sit flat. I think I undid it at least 5 times before realising the problem was with the blocks and not the shells. I found a graph where one works the first row of pattern, the chains, and work the treble blocks into the chains. This gave a lighter appearance as well. Presto, it worked and I was inspired to finish it quickly.
Making use of an under used Pilates mat and way under used knitting machine weights to block the wrap on our sunny deck. I actually thought it was going to be too small and enquired of more sliver from Anna! More coming soon but slightly different colours.I spun the singles by breaking off 15-20cm pieces of sliver, spreading them out flattish so the colours were seperated then spinning on the fold.I wanted to break the rows of shell motif up by adding in the rows of treble blocks. Therein I met a problem with the graphs available on Pinterest. I finished the blocks but then couldn't get the shells to sit flat. I think I undid it at least 5 times before realising the problem was with the blocks and not the shells. I found a graph where one works the first row of pattern, the chains, and work the treble blocks into the chains. This gave a lighter appearance as well. Presto, it worked and I was inspired to finish it quickly.
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