Big o'
Finished
April 21, 2010
May 3, 2010

Big o'

Project info
Akimbo by Stephen West
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
511 yards = 3 skeins
Blue Sky Fibers Alpaca Silk
none left in stash
3 skeins = 438.0 yards (400.5 meters), 150 grams
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A Good Yarn in St. John’s, Newfoundland
April 15, 2010
Blue Sky Fibers Alpaca Silk
none left in stash
0.5 skeins = 73.0 yards (66.8 meters), 25 grams
A Good Yarn in St. John’s, Newfoundland
April 24, 2010
Notes

I should have paid more attention and started this on more smaller sized needles. this thing is frickin’ huge. I can’t even imagine what it would look like blocked. I way underestimated exactly how much yarn this would take. At this size I think the garter stitch section is a little too big, and the next time I knit this I’ll be using either smaller needles or cutting the garter section in half.
(I’ve got an excel spreadsheet of the garter section of this project, if anyone wants it shoot me over an email)
This was a good learning experience for me. Normally I go for immediately gratifying knits so it was nice to start/finish a project that too me more than a couple of hours from start to finish.
This is also totally the 100th project for this pattern on Ravelry :3
05/03/10
I was running out of brick so I decided to finish off early. There were supposed to be 32 rows and I ended it at 28.

05/01/10
I took for granted how much yarn this would take to knit. I’m 6 rows from finishing and I’m going to have to pick up another skein of brick.

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by Blue Sky Fibers
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50% Silk, 50% Alpaca
146 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: May 1, 2010
  • Updated: May 3, 2010
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