Autumn Cape 2017 A long Term Project – Branches and Boo boo’s

Autumn Cape 2017 A long Term Project – Branches and Boo boo’s

Since this pattern is organic and I am continuously altering and adjusting it there will always be areas that I will have to come back to in order to correct.

One of my continuous bug bears is the trying to make the discontinued wool go as far as possible. I have about 5 colours that I am watching constantly to make sure I have enough to do what I want. There is also the huge learning curve to contend with. When I started on the back piece I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. Now after nearly a year and a half I still have no idea but it is no idea with STYLE.

Longer Branches Required 

One of the things I needed to do was extend the branches up the back of the Cape.

Branches Extended

As you can see I have extended the branches with the dark brown wool.

Thin and Ragged

Some branches are thin and ragged. These need to be thickened so they look like they could realistically support each other.

Unfortunately when I checked how much wool I needed to correct everything I realised there was no way I could do this without extra wool. Therefore I would have to search on the internet to see if anybody had a spare ball of this discontinued wool.

Variety of Leaves

 

As the days are becoming shorter, darker and colder I really didn’t want to put the project on hold. So I had a think to see what I could do in the meantime. I decided that I would make some leaves

Comparing Leaf Sizes

When I came to sew a couple on I found that they looked wrong. They were fine for low down on the ground but they were a little too big elsewhere.

I decided that I needed to try and make some smaller ones. I got one of my original sized leaves and checked the pattern to see what size needle I was using. It was a 3.25mm.

I then tried using different sized needles and compared the results with the original.

Small Leaves

I found that that using a 2mm needle gave the best results. So therefore I made more leaves using this sized needle. I knitted just over a dozen leaves in different colours.

I then sewed up the leaves, washed and pressed them ready for use.