Vintage Scribble
Finished
April 23, 2016
May 5, 2016

Vintage Scribble

Project info
The Doodler by Stephen West
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
myself
180x60
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
2,220 yards
Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace
0.78 skeins = 332.3 yards (303.8 meters), 39 grams
Rowan Fine Lace
1.78 skeins = 777.9 yards (711.3 meters), 89 grams
3569
Zweigstelle, Leutkirch
Rowan Fine Lace
1.18 skeins = 515.7 yards (471.5 meters), 59 grams
269111
Zweigstelle, Leutkirch
Rowan Fine Lace
1.36 skeins = 594.3 yards (543.5 meters), 68 grams
269145
Zweigstelle, Leutkirch
Notes

Yarn held double, therefore huge meterages, where in fact there’s only half of the yardage, i.e. 1016 metres.

Yarn usage:

Colour A: Antique 89 grams (356 metres, as yarn held double)
Colour B: Retro 59 grams (236 metres)
Colour C: Quaint 68 grams (272 metres)
Colour D: Dove Grey from Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace 39 grams (152 metres)

I wanted a bit of a vintage look to it, so I chose colours I don’t usually knit. So far it looks a bit like baby pink with cerulean blue. I hope that will even out when adding the Quaint.

Clue 1:

Very straight forward knit. Fine Lace makes for a rather delicate fabric, even when held double. Might be smaler than other doodlers, although I shouldn’t count my coins until it’s done.

Hid colour B in the i-cord as many others. In the bigger wedges this has to be straightened in order not to make the i-cord pucker. In the first wedge I forgot to make the yo k2tog. It doesn’t show.

Bigger wedges rather boring to knit, I try to knit them in one go, so I can go on to more interesting realms.

Colour A: 89 grams
Colour B: 9 grams

Clue 2:

Colour B: 36 grams

Clue 3:

Made three wedges and in between three plain ridges alternating Dove Grey and Retro

First Wedge: Colour C 21 grams
Dove Grey 10 grams
Retro 5 grams

Second Wedge: Colour C 21 grams
Dove Grey 12 grams
Retro 9 grams

Third Wedge: Colour C 21 grams

Not enough yarn for wedge 4, so I travel on to

Clue 4:

Chose option 3 and made the last three ridges again alternating Dove Grey and Retro, which gives the whole thing a nice finish.

Dove Grey 17 grams
Retro not sure, since the total of this colour equals now 101 grams without this last ridge :) Seems my scale is not up to such precise measurements.

Picot edging:

Colour C: 5 grams
Picking up stitches: I took the big stitches on one needle and picked up stitches from the border with a second needle then alternately knitted from these two needles, always beginning and ending with the colour C stitch. This made it easier to pick up the right stitches from the border.

viewed 121 times | helped 1 person
Finished
April 23, 2016
May 5, 2016
 
About this pattern
6457 projects, in 2743 queues
nanika's overall rating
nanika's clarity rating
nanika's difficulty rating
About this yarn
by Rowan
Lace
80% Alpaca, 20% Merino
436 yards / 50 grams

6166 projects

stashed 6196 times

nanika's star rating
About this yarn
by Debbie Bliss
Lace
100% Merino
426 yards / 50 grams

3996 projects

stashed 3763 times

nanika's star rating
  • Project created: April 24, 2016
  • Finished: May 5, 2016
  • Updated: June 1, 2016
  • Progress updates: 5 updates