Skirt Update

Okay so I've been working on my skirt. I spent a couple of hours rewinding my yarn so I wasn't having to deal with 4 balls. I have one uber huge ball and I just increased to 7 x 3 ribbing. I do that for 8 cm/3 in and then I'm starting the eyelet pattern.

Mel

Here I am hugging my stash. as you can see it's a very large bag.

There it is. My entire stash. I really can't say much more. I'll add a photo with me holding it so you can get an idea of how big the bag is.

Claudia Evilla Skirt

Wound up using with the ED colorway, I liked it best.

My gauge swatch at the 3.5 mm (size 4 needles US) level was too tight.

I am so glad I did that swatch. Though I liked how close the fabric was. I might do another one at that size but just double everything.

I did another swatch on size 7 needles US (4.5 mm) and that worked out right so I cast on, all proper like.

Had to frog that one. Tried again ended up thinking I twisted so frogged that one. Tried a third time and that turned out fine. I've managed to get past the first 15 or so rows. After row 8 I had to do the eyelets so I'm moving right along with the skirt.

Again I'm glad that I decided to start with what I had. I foolishly thought that since the skirt had to go around my hips which are about 135 cm round that's about 53 inches that getting a 47 inch circ needle would be okay. Maybe a little grouped up on stitches but not too bad. *buzz* wrong answer. after I cast on all the stitches onto my 16 inch circs I was almost magic loop knitting. When I got past the 9th row and switched to my size 7 needles I'm on my 24 inch circs and that's just about right. I'll probably end up with having to get 36 inch circs by the time I finish. I can now understand why Knit-Picks Option needle sets and such are big sellers. They are going to the top of my wish list that's for sure.