Iolanthe II
Finished
January 6, 2012
January 17, 2012

Iolanthe II

Project info
Iolanthe by Mary Annarella
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
The Plucky Knitter Silk Merino 50/50 Fingering 435
2.25 skeins = 978.8 yards (895.0 meters)
Notes

I am presently writing up the pattern.
This is my second Iolanthe (pronounced “eye-oh-LANTH-ee”). See the first version (short sleeved) here. I’d planned to make long sleeves, but the purple color & merino-silk blend seemed so spring-like that I went with 3/4 sleeves instead--I’ll wear this a lot in April:)

The yarn is a dream to work with--it drapes beautifully at 6 spi.

It was a pain to blend a new skein of yarn for the sleeves--I’d saved out some of the first skein (that I’d cast on with) to use for part of the sleeves (and alternate with the new skein to blend the two). But the end of the first skein (that I’d cast on with) was quite different from the beginning of the same skein. So I luckily had another skein that was a bit more variegated (like the beginning of the first skein) and used it to alternate.

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January 6, 2012
January 17, 2012
 
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by The Plucky Knitter
Fingering
50% Merino, 50% Silk
435 yards / 114 grams

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  • Project created: January 11, 2012
  • Finished: January 17, 2012
  • Updated: October 12, 2012
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