I am so glad to finally be starting this pattern. I loved it the moment I saw it :)
This is not a double knit pattern but since it has very clear charts, it would be a shame to not take advantage and do it on my Kiss knitting boards.
After casting on, I knitted 4 rows of double ribbing stitch so it would match the original needle knit pattern, and I also added 3 knit stitches on the edges as well, just like the original pattern calls for.
After knitting the first chart/s for the female deer, there is a 16 stitch decrease to knit the middle section (ie. the part that wraps around the neck), then after having knit to the length I want, I need to increase another 16 stitches to start the chart/s for the buck.
Sure hope this turns out the way I’m envisioning it…….
March 27, 2019
I had set this project aside because I was getting very bored with knitting the middle section that wraps around the neck. Plus, I was having issues with my loom warping in the middle which made the space between the boards very small, so it was getting increasingly hard to wrap the pegs. I realized that I should have replaced the plastic screws with metal ones because the plastic ones bent with the tightness of the knitting.
There were quite a few people asking me about this project so it lit a fire under me to get back to it. I changed out those plastic screws with metal ones and I made sure not to wrap my pegs so tight. Voila! I’m back to loving this project again!! I have completed the middle section and started the chart for the buck yesterday afternoon. What a difference just a few tweaks on your loom can make, huh?
Anyway, since getting back to it, I had to order me some more Milan in the Opulia colorway so that it would match the doe side. I had to go on Ebay to get it because I haven’t been able to locate it on the Mary Maxim website and it’s no longer in their catalogs they send out 
I had started the middle section out with Milan Opulia, then I ran out and substituted Verona, ran out of that, then started using Umbria. Umbria has a lot of dark colors in it so I’m very glad I could locate more of the Opulia. I took pictures of the middle section so you can see the color changes.
One bad thing about these longer projects…..they get heavy, and very bulky to move around (I guess that’s two things ;) ). It’s very hard trying not to create “fuzzies” on your project when you have to move all that fabric so much. After contemplating different ways to protect the fabric, I decided to put mine in a tall kitchen garbage bag (a new one of course, hehe) and just grab a hold of the sides when I’m needing to rearrange my loom in order to wrap the pegs or knit over. I also put clothes pins on both sides, underneath the boards attached to the edge of the fabric, in order to prevent the fabric from coming up through the middle and making the stitches pop off the pegs. It makes for a much nicer, and more enjoyable, knitting experience 
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