As with so many things in life, there is more than one way to accomplish something. I'm finding this to be true when it comes to knitting the lion's mane, holding two strands of novelty yarn together. The pattern directs you to work in stocking stitch. This results in the long eyelashes of the yarn to be on the inside of the puppet. Then, when finished, you carefully brush the mane to bring them to the outside. As you can see in this picture, it's a successful way to accomplish a full and fluffy lion's mane. (Ahhh...how cute!)
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Audrey's Lion |
Confusing? It really isn't difficult. I just changed from stocking stitch to reverse stocking stitch. As you can see, I won't need to brush the yarn to bring the strands to the outside. They are already there. The mane is really thick, hopefully not too thick, and I think it's going to be fine.
Next up was the short row shaping for the jaw. If you ever want to reinforce your short row knitting skills to the point where you can do them mindlessly, make a Lizard Ridge afghan. I made one full afghan (Ravelry link) and 3/4 of a second one. By then, I decided to move on to other projects and gave away the squares to a friend who is going to finish it up for herself. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Next up was the short row shaping for the jaw. If you ever want to reinforce your short row knitting skills to the point where you can do them mindlessly, make a Lizard Ridge afghan. I made one full afghan (Ravelry link) and 3/4 of a second one. By then, I decided to move on to other projects and gave away the squares to a friend who is going to finish it up for herself. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
I've had some enquiries about where to get the pattern and I'll post a link when Audrey gives me the details.
2 comments:
Reverse stockinette makes perfect sense. Such a cute project.
He is so cute!
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