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Arithmancy O.W.L. 1/8 ☮️
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Finished
January 18, 2025
January 24, 2025

Arithmancy O.W.L. 1/8 ☮️

Project info
From Russia, with Love: Cabled Balaclava by Nikol Lohr
Knitting
Hat → Balaclava
Arithmancy O.W.L.
adult
Needles & yarn
US 8 - 5.0 mm
18 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
Fleece Artist River
288 yards in stash
1.2 skeins = 229.7 yards (210.0 meters), 150 grams
Ivory
White
from hatusu
October 28, 2017
Notes

I prefer to call this, “From Crimea With Love.”

This yarn is Absolute Luxury. I won’t give this to just anybody.

The pattern is worth doing again. It’s pretty, and every newcomer to Canada should be given one of these upon arrival!

The cables give it stretch.
KS designer - the word “balaclava” is named after a village in Ukraine.

Слава Україні!

I did one fewer cable repeat on the neck, and it’s still longer than necessary. In future, do 2 fewer repeats.

BO method - I tried several - settled on Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off. Used the same 5mm needle with regular tension.

It needs blocking to make the opening relax.

A pompom would probably look weird.

Add label.

HPKCHC Proposal
HPKCHC Midterm
HPKCHC Final

SFAC BO here.

Hat 1 - January 24
Hat 2 - February 28
Hat 3 - February 19
Hat 4 - February 28
Hat 5 - March 12
Hat 6 - February 18
Hat 7 - January 27
Hat 8 - February 22

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January 18, 2025
January 24, 2025
 
About this pattern
From Russia, with Love: Cabled Balaclava
by Nikol Lohr
from Make: Website
234 projects, in 550 queues
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zamama's adjectives for this pattern
  1. long
  2. good-fit
  3. stretchy
About this yarn
River
by Fleece Artist
Aran
40% Alpaca, 30% Silk, 30% Merino
191 yards / 125 grams

283 projects

stashed 195 times

zamama's star rating
zamama's adjectives for this yarn
  1. cushy
  2. luxurious
  3. soft
  • Originally queued: October 8, 2009
  • Project created: January 17, 2025
  • Finished: January 24, 2025
  • Updated: March 16, 2025
  • Progress updates: 5 updates