My mother
asked me to knit her a cardigan. The last cardi I knit for her was the Adult Surprise Jacket, which Ravelry tells me I made in September 2009. She
wears it all the time, and being garter stitch it’s a bit stretched out
and made of largely orange
Noro. Basically I think it makes her look a bit like an Ompa Loompa, but
she loves it, which is the point, I guess.
Anyway, I wanted a really beautiful, glowing colour for her next
cardigan, and the other week I saw Wollmeise had DK in the update. I’ve
been wanting to try the DK for ages, so I ordered three skeins in Stella
Polaris.
Well. The colour is a breathtakingly beautiful shade of blue. When I
cast on the feel of it made me want to never put it down. This yarn is
smooth and glowing and due its construction super round. I may well be
haunting the Friday night updates to buy
some for myself – if I have enough leftovers to do the stripes Ysolda’s Keyhole
jumper is calling my name.
I’m knitting Calligraphy by Hannah Fettig,
which looks like a straightforward
top down raglan. The only thing is, the first instructions where to cast
on 106 stitches and knit in 2 by 2 rib for 7 inches. And after the travelling Sweater I swore be a long time until I knit 2 x2 rib again!
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