Pioneer Cuff #1
Finished
August 14, 2016
August 18, 2016

Pioneer Cuff #1

Project info
Pioneer Cuff by Laura Nelkin
Knitting
JewelryBracelet
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 0 - 2.0 mm
47 yards
Alpaca with a Twist Fino
0.03 skeins = 26.3 yards (24.0 meters), 3 grams
Green
SweetGeorgia Yarns Tough Love Sock
0.05 skeins = 21.3 yards (19.4 meters), 5 grams
Green
Notes

Used a size two needle, ran out of yarn using the Pioneer Cuff kit. FO too big, about 7 inches long unblocked.

I will re-do. I enjoyed learning how to knit the cuff! I need to tighten up my gauge when I’m knitting with toothpicks for needles.

Needle size 2 too big for fingering weight cuff
Using needles size 0 for the lace weight cuff

08-16-2016 - Lace Weight Yarn and Size US 0 Needle =

SLOW KNITTING
I may never knit the lace version of this cuff again. It was not enjoyable. lol

08-18-2016

Finished the fingering weight version for a 2nd time using a US1 needle. It’s about 8 inches long blocked. If I knit this again in fingering, I will knit the smaller version based on my gauge. I

I love the green yarn so much that I purchased a skein. I don’t love how the green beads blend in so much, I can hardly see them.

I will sew the claps on this evening. I haven’t sewn anything in 30 + years. I’m not a very good lace knitter, very loose gauge and very sloppy.

This was a very good learning process. And now I have a bead stash. Got all kinds of ideas about patterns that I can knit with beads.

08-23-2016

Knit the smaller version of this if you were to knit again.
The lace version is stretching a bit after wearing. The fingering weight version is too long for my wrist.

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About this yarn
by Alpaca with a Twist
Lace
70% Alpaca, 30% Silk
875 yards / 100 grams

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by SweetGeorgia Yarns
Fingering
80% Merino, 20% Nylon
424 yards / 115 grams

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  • Originally queued: March 20, 2014
  • Project created: August 14, 2016
  • Updated: August 23, 2016