Apple Tree Knits Silk Lace Gradiant, special put up for Midsummer Pond.

This is a sample knit. These will be available through Earthfaire when the pattern becomes available.

Water lily: T8-634A : Silverlined Straw Gold AB from Whimbeads.
Wings: T8-643 SL Teal AB from Whimbeads
Seaweed: T8-643A SL Chartreuse AB from Whimbeads
(I wonder if the numbers are right on the tubes, or not?)
Outer Body: Higher Metallic June Bug from Earthfaire Toho T8-0506
Inner Body: Duracoat Galvanized Seafoam from Earthfaire. Probably Toho, I don’t know the number.
Eyes: Miyuki 8-482 Looks like black iris.

Shore: Miyuki 8-1004 SL Dk Gold AB

Rows 141 and 143 are setup rows with lots of beads. They must be perfect, since they set the positions to knit to on the following rows. They are not short, and with all those beads, 141 takes a long time to knit. Patience counts here!

Blocked and drying. Lots of bleeding in the first wash water, so I didn’t soak it, just spun it dry and pinned it out.

row percent
43 5
66 10
83 15
96 20
109 25
118 30
128 35
137 40
146 45
153 50
161 55
168 60
175 65
184 70
190 75
196 80
202 85
207 90
212 95
217 100