Apex Wrap - KnitCrate May 2018 (Artisan)
Finished
May 22, 2018
June 2, 2018

Apex Wrap - KnitCrate May 2018 (Artisan)

Project info
Apex by Kari-Helene Rane
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
me
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
Fleece Artist Tree Wool
1.61 skeins = 616.6 yards (563.8 meters), 181 grams
Notes

• Knit with Version 2 of pattern update so Rows 19 & 20 of the Reverse Triangle Section were backwards.

•Tensions adjusted to tighten up as I went and I feel that it affected the color pooling.

•Color did not bleed into water at all when blocking.


5/22/18 Will be winding my yarn up today with my new Amish Swift and KnitPicks ball winder!!!

(Progress Pic 1) Cast on: Should i start at a certain point in the colors to ensure pretty/not weird pooling? I just tried to keep the color symmetrical for initial caston (a bit of orange on each side).

5/23/18 (Progress Pic #2) 3 pattern repeats and I am liking how to color is pooling with warmth on the inside.

5/24/18 Looks like my gauge is a little large. I didn’t bother swatching because I didn’t think it would make much of a difference (other than color pooling) if my size/gauge was off for a wrap/shawl.

5/26/18 (Progress Pic #3) About halfway and I can’t decide how I like the pooling. I like it pooling at the center for a bit and then the orange going out to the edge and back in BUT I feel the second pool of orange is a bit TOO long. It seems like when I try to tighten my tension that the colors move out and in. Then when I go with loose tension it pools more at the middle. Am I imagining things???

5/29/18 (Progress Pic 4) Beginning 7th repeat of Reverse Triangle Section. Pooling is becoming more consistent. Maybe I’ll try knotting loose to match beginning?

5/30/18 Done knitting. Just need to block and sew buttons.

5/31/18 (Progress Pic 5 w/ text) Blocking and taking note of where I adjusted my tension to play with color. I THINK my tensions had something to do with it at least. I am blocking to help make the size more consistent since my tension did change.

6/2/18 Sewed on buttons! Done!

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Finished
May 22, 2018
June 2, 2018
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by Fleece Artist
Fingering
70% Merino, 30% Tencel
394 yards / 113 grams

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  • Project created: May 22, 2018
  • Updated: June 2, 2018
  • Progress updates: 6 updates