its been an eventful festive time for me.
The big move has finally taken place however its never easy to achieve everything with one shot. I need to plan another trip back to the UK. I guess it givs me 1 year of rest before i start work again. I guess this will give me time to actually do all the projects I have in mind and all the supplies i have managed to get my hands on. :)
Th very first project that I managed to achieve is the mission impossible that I was given a few months back. It came with a deadline when I arrived. Given the time I have on my hands it shouldn't be a problem at all. I craccked on with it and this is what i managed to get knnited up.
The red one: Rico Essentials chunky melange, double moss. I used up the 2 balls (50g each) of this yarn from my stash to knit this one. I would have preferred it if it was longer but the width was good.
The blue: Debbie Bliss Rialto Bliss in Royal Blue. i got the pattern from Lets Knit. I really like the pattern on this as it was easy to knit up and it gives a polka dot effect as well. I only used a 50g ball to finish this one as i thought it would be sufficient for the receipient.
The pink and purple: Schoppel Wolle Crazy Zauberball, 100g. I used Buttermere by Victoria Magnus which is found in Ravelry. I enjoyed knitting this one even though the lace part did give me a headache. I'm sure there is an easier way to keep track of the number of stiches that has been increased.
The Autumn Leaves: easy knits, 100g. I apologise as i can't find the yarn name online 'Oh em Gee". This may have been a one off as it is from their hand dyed collection. It's a lovely 4 ply yarn, the name was confusing as it had 'DK' attached. However, the tension I knitted up was more of a 4 ply. This pattern that i used was a mix of different patterns. I mainly did the basic 4 rows of garter stitch and changed to st st, increasing on every k row. I continued in this manner until i was satisfied with the width of the shawl. The edging was simple yo, k2tog, I used a picot cast off since I had enough yarn to do so.
This completed my mission impossible.
It gets very exciting when a new project can be started and I've chosen socks. oooo! I can't wait to finish up the pair I'm knitting just now.
