The Striped Menace
Finished
June 3, 2012
April 8, 2015

The Striped Menace

Project info
64 Crayons by Amy Swenson
Knitting
BlanketThrow
149 colour stripe rows long, 3 big, 3 small strips
Needles & yarn
US 8 - 5.0 mm
1,243 yards = 11.3 skeins
Noro Kureyon(くれよん)
none left in stash
1 skein = 110.0 yards (100.6 meters), 50 grams
F
Purple
Masuzakiya
Noro Kureyon(くれよん)
none left in stash
2.3 skeins = 253.0 yards (231.3 meters), 115 grams
Black
Amy's Destash #1
April 13, 2011
Noro Kureyon(くれよん)
none left in stash
1 skein = 110.0 yards (100.6 meters), 50 grams
?
Blue-green
The Wool Bin in Oakville, Ontario
Noro Kureyon(くれよん)
110 yards in stash
2 skeins = 220.0 yards (201.2 meters), 100 grams
F
Purple
Masuzakiya
Noro Kureyon(くれよん)
none left in stash
2 skeins = 220.0 yards (201.2 meters), 100 grams
F
Red-purple
Masuzakiya
Noro Kureyon(くれよん)
none left in stash
1 skein = 110.0 yards (100.6 meters), 50 grams
D
Yellow-orange
Masuzakiya
Noro Kureyon(くれよん)
none left in stash
1 skein = 110.0 yards (100.6 meters), 50 grams
O
Yellow-green
Masuzakiya
Noro Kureyon(くれよん)
none left in stash
1 skein = 110.0 yards (100.6 meters), 50 grams
C
Masuzakiya
Notes

This project went into hibernation for about 2 years because I kept getting frustrated at how the colour runs in my Noro combinations were working out. Picking it up again Jan 2015.

Colour combos: Small Panels (2 balls Kureyon)
1) 205 C Blue/Green + 207 D Purple/Orange
2) 95 O Green/Yellow + 220 Blue/Brown
3) 185 F Purple/Orange + 199 A Green/Orange

Large Panels: (4 Kureyon)
1) PINK/BLUE “Black Samba” + GREEN/ORANGE 196 A / 214 C
2) GREEN/PURPLE 188 E (x 2) + BLUE/PINK 170 F (x 2)
3) ???

Extra Kureyon:

  • 184 E Turquoise/Pink/Brown
  • Unknown # Grey/Blue/White

June 10: Scratch that idea - after knitting about 70 rows of the large panel that combined the “Black Samba” kureyon with the lime green Cascade, the combination of solid colour with variegated made my eyeballs scream. Not cool. Frogged it all back and have decided to work with whatever Noro I have for now, then worry about maybe buying a few extra balls later if need be.

I frogged my delightful Maine mittens to get a second matching ball of Kureyon for a large panel sniff.

Jun 03: After making a BSJ, mittens and a few scarves, I don’t have quite enough Kureyon in my stash, so going to attempt to make the Large Panels by alternating 2 Kureyon and 1 skein of solid Cascade 220 each.

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June 3, 2012
April 8, 2015
 
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100% Wool
109 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: June 4, 2012
  • Finished: April 8, 2015
  • Updated: April 12, 2015
  • Progress updates: 5 updates