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Apart from knitting hexapuffs, it seems that I’m drawn to different types of hexagon projects at the moment. Nuvem is a wrap/shawl/scarf thing. It’s an extended hexagon and knit with about 1500m of laceweight yarn. Being released for the Northern Hemisphere winter, the designer chose the Wollmeise Lace-Garn, which would make for a very warm and [...] [...] All things going smoothly, a swatch usually doesn’t take that long to do … But when things start going awry, you end up taking about 4 times as long. I am 20 rows from finishing the scallop part of the swatch, and the pattern is easy, the yarn is lovely, and the beading isn’t difficult. But it [...] [...] As pretty as the blue yarn was, it seemed rather silly to swatch in a completely different yarn. So I discarded it, changed needle sizes, grabbed some beads and grabbed the red wool/silk blend. I’m using size 11 Miyuki Delica beads. They’re a little smaller than what is called for in the pattern, but for me, [...] [...]  |
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