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SNUG AS A BUG cocoons, turtle-backs and strip shrugs

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$20 The lovely cover model is my friend Jaylin Hewlett

how cocoons work: sizing, fabric, casting on and binding off.......................p3 universal classic pattern................................................................p7 charts for filling in the universal pattern with any of yarn on any machine to get any size of cocoon...................................................................p 8-9 record keeping sheet.................................................................p 13 universal skinny sleeve shrug pattern................................................p10 universal shrunken shrug pattern …..................................................p26 SPECIFIC PATTERNS Classic Turtle back......................................................................p14 Pattern is for Passap and Japanese standard gauge machines. Aran Wrap..............................................................................p17 Any gauge of machine with a ribber can make this pattern. Passaps can make a version using another single bed tuck stitch. Pattern is written with bulky numbers plus charts to substitute any gauge in the pattern blanks. Single bed tuck with ribbed edges. Over the Top Shrug with sleeves.....................................................p21 Any gauge of machine with a ribber and full fisherman's rib capacity can make this design. Passaps can make it too. Tamm Bebe yarn will work on all. Shrunken Shrug........................................................................p24 Any gauge of machine with a ribber, including Passaps can make this. This design uses Tamm Bebe which works on all machines. Easy Lace Wrap........................................................................p27 Any gauge of machine with a ribber, including Passaps can make this. Pattern is written for standard gauge & fine yarn with instructions for changing gauge included. Sleek Sleeves A skinny, sleeves-only shrug for all machines with ribbers using Bebe yarn...................p29 great for ballerinas and evening wear! MACHINE NOTES: machines with 8 mm-9 mm needles spacing are considered bulky machines with 6.5-7 mm spacing are considered mid-gauge machines with 4.5-5 mm spacing are considered standard gauge. Machines with 3.6 mm needle spacing are considered fine-gauge. The patterns have not been tested for fine gauge machines.