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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