Made one mistake. I forgot to add the larger beads before joining the ruffles, so the larger beads are in the section where the yarns are knitted together. It looks fine, but technically a mistake. I also added small beads to the fine yarn ruffle, and also more large beads - used 27 instead of 9, in three staggered rows instead of just one. Wanted more sparkle. I was also not terribly impressed with the picot bind-off. It's not nearly as dramatic as it appears in the knitty photos. All in all, I really like the cuff though and I *love* this yarn! Wish it weren't so expensive to do anything bigger with it... On to the second cuff!
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Mom wants to knit some of these, too. She got some wine-colored yarn from (gasp!) Purl Soho, but seemed annoyed when I pointed out she might have to lean how to use DPNs. :p
LOL!
Yeah, DPNs are absolutely essential for that pattern. There's no way to knit it back-and-forth and have it still look the same. But DPNs aren't as difficult as they look. Really, I know she can do it. One thing though, if she uses the Rowan Kidsilk Haze, that stuff can't take being ripped out... Luckily once you get a few rounds of it going, it tends to not have too many problems as long as you've got good lighting were you work.
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