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Clara
As promised, details on my latest design:Just in time for the Southern Summer and with time to whip one up for Christmas pressies too!
I have a favourite yarn supplier, Vintage Purls, that discovered that a certain batch of superwash sock wool hadn't been properly superwash treated. This meant that the wool had the possibility of felting with wear/wash/use. I had 10 skeins of yarn (each a different, limited edition colourway) that were affected and would no longer end up as socks. But what can you make with 1 skein of fingering yarn? Something lacy and light, that's what! And so 'Clara' was made...
The original design was made in the pattern's namesake colourway, Clara - a pretty, girly pink, yellow and peachy-orange yarn.
I wanted to design something with beads in the lacework and settled on a staggered fern lace design for the main body with beads placed at the beginning of each 'fern'.
The pattern is written with lots of options, including a square or shaped neckline, lacy straps, a fitted or full/babydoll body shape and several different hem options.
Here's the Ravelry link. If you're a knitter and not on Ravlery - you don't know what you're missing out on!
And for those that wish they were knitters, you can always gift a copy of the pattern to your knitter friends for Christmas and hint strongly that you'd like one made!
Pattern Details:
Sizes:
Approx age/chest measurement
3mth 40.5cm/16"
6mth 43cm/17"
9mth 45.5cm/18"
12mth 48cm/19"
18mth 50.5cm/20"
2yrs 53cm/21"
3yrs 56cm/22"
4yrs 58.5cm/23"
5yrs 61cm/24"
6yrs 63.5cm/25"
7yrs 65.5cm/25.75"
8yrs 67cm/26.5"
9yrs 69cm/27.25"
10yrs 71cm/28"
Yarn Requirements:
4ply/fingering yarn: approx 200-600yds/183-549m
4mm beads (or size to suit): approx 42-192
Guage/Tension:
28sts x 36rows on size 3/3.25mm needles over 10cm/4" in stocking stitch
Purchasing details:
Price: USD$6
Purchases are made via paypal and a downloadable pdf link will be emailed.
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