Autumn Cape 2017 A Long Term Project Night Time Part 2

Autumn Cape 2017 A Long Term Project Night Time Part 2

It is difficult to decide what to put in this blog about the Night Time Project. So much of the techniques I have been using have been already blogged about. I don’t want to keep repeating myself and bore people.

Night Time Badger Progress

As you can see knitting the main part of the Badger is far less complex than the Fox so therefore there is not much to say. It won’t be until I start on the legs and belly that it will begin to offer more of a challenge again.

However in order to stop getting fed up in the meantime I have been playing around with a few things. One thing I have been doing is knitting a few leaves. I will need some for the pocket so thought I would crack on and do some.

Size 13 Vintage Needles

Since the last time I knitted some leaves I have purchased some new needles. I obtained an unopened mint set of size 13 double pointed needles. I believe they are 2.25 mm in metric.

Size 13 Needles 11.5 cm Long Leaf

Naturally since these are new needles I didn’t know what length the leaves would come out. Therefore my first leaf was in the mustard yellow wool. It came out at roughly 11 and half cm.

Size 2.75 mm Needles 13cm Long Leaf

I then made a 13 cm leaf with the dark red wool.  Instead of having just four leaves this time I have decided to do five. I thought this would give me a little more flexibility when sewing together.

Selection of Leaves

Next job is to sew in some of the ends so they don’t get tangled.