El Greco and the Turquoises
Finished
May 12, 2017
June 10, 2017

El Greco and the Turquoises

Project info
Starting Point by Joji Locatelli
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
Me!
As written
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1,554 yards = 3.7 skeins
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
55 yards in stash
0.87 skeins = 365.4 yards (334.1 meters), 95 grams
Blue
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
105 yards in stash
0.75 skeins = 315.0 yards (288.0 meters), 82 grams
Blue-green
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
113 yards in stash
0.73 skeins = 306.6 yards (280.4 meters), 80 grams
Gray
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
17 yards in stash
0.86 skeins = 361.2 yards (330.3 meters), 94 grams
Blue
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
214 yards in stash
0.49 skeins = 205.8 yards (188.2 meters), 53 grams
Blue-green
Notes

After changing my colour sequence every time I looked at it, this is what I settled on. I think…

top to bottom of the individual pics

Colour 1 - El Greco
Colour 2 - Glass Bottom Boat
Colour 3 - Seawash
Colour 4 - Rainwater
Colour 5 - Turquoise

Blocked very gently it measures 62cm on 184cm.

Number 5 in 2017

From stash older than a year at cast on, were El Greco, Rainwater, and Turqiose. 902m


Yarn weight

After clue 1:
C1 - 94g, used 19g
C2 - 99g, used 14g
C3 - 82g, used 31g
C4 - 96g, used 17g
C5 - 95g, used 18g

After clue 2:
C1 - 83g, used 9g
C2 - 69g, used 30g
C3 - 68g, used 14g
C4 - 96g
C5 - 66g, used 29g

After clue 3:
C1 - 43g, used 40g
C2 - 69g
C3 - 38g, used 30g
C4 - 67g, used 29g
C5 - 66g

After clue 4:
C1 - 43g
C2 - 69g
C3 - 38g
C4 - 21g, used 46g
C5 - 38g, used 28g

After clue 5:
C1 - 31g, used 12g
C2 - 55g, used 14g
C3 - 16g, used 22g
C4 - 15g, used 6g
C5 - 27g, used 1g

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Finished
May 12, 2017
June 10, 2017
 
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by madelinetosh
Fingering
100% Merino
420 yards

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  • Originally queued: April 23, 2017
  • Project created: April 27, 2017
  • Finished: June 11, 2017
  • Updated: September 10, 2017
  • Progress updates: 8 updates