Bond Machine Knitting - Cocoon

Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 07:56:22 PST
From: "Gale Coffey" galecoffey@hotmail.com
Subject: [BOND] Cocoon Drawing

Here is my drawing with what I hope is the correct way to do the
cocoon as I understand it.


                                NOT TO SCALE

        a               b               c               d
        ------------------10” opening--------------------
        |                                               |
        |                                               |
        |                                               |
        |                                               |
        |                                               |
        |                                               |
        |                                               |
        -------------------------------------------------
        b               e               f               c

                     TOTAL LENGTH 80"

1. Fold lower left corner b to b at top of picture.It will make a 
triangle from a to b to e.
2. Seam from b to a for sleeve. There will be an opening for the hand 
made by the distance from a to b. It will have some 'puffiness' made by 
the increase/decrease at the beginning and end of pattern.
3. Fold lower corner c up to c at top of picture. It will make a 
triangle from c to d to f. Seam sleeve from c to d. the result will look 
something like the next picture.

           a--------------------b---------------c----------------d
             \                  |    NECK       |                /
              \                 |               |               /
               \                |               |              /
                \               |               |             /
                 \              |               |            /
                  \             |               |           /
                   \            |               |          /
                    \           |               |         /
                     \          |               |        /
                      \         |               |       /
                       \        |               |      /
                        \       |               |     /
                         \      |               |    /
                          \     |               |   /
                           \    |               |  /
                            \   |               | /
                             \  |               |/
                                ----------------
                                e               f

>From b to c is the neck opening, from e to f is the hip/leg area. The 10 
inch opening refers to the 5 inches left of center for the a-b-e  
triangle fold, and 5 inches right of center for the c-d-f triangle 
fold.The edge e-f will drape into a curve.

Does this help?

Also for whomever asked about the edging, the original pattern called 
for a crab stitch (REVERSE single crochet) which simply put means single 
crochet from left to right (backwards). It 'feels' awkwards at first, 
but looks very nice. I have used it on the top of Scandinavian mittens 
(which have no ribbing) and it is a very nice edge.

Hope this is helpful....
Gale
galecoffey@hotmail.com

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