Stormsvale is coming along. Not quickly, mind, but coming along nonetheless.
At first I was going to use the super expensive norwegian yarn, but in the end I went for Cleckheaton Country 8 ply and a little Panda Colour 4 me.
The Country is a lovely glossy, sturdy workhorse yarn that enhances the subtlety of the herringbone stitch really well.
I have found it very difficult to keep track of the shaping without biasing the stitch pattern, the instructions seemed counter-intuitive to me, but in the end I just did what I was told and it's working okay.
The fair-isle at the waist was such a pleasant diversion - it's a shame it's all plod plod till the neckline now.
Not a lot else active on the needles right now that I can talk about - but I've an itch to knit me something RED.
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I love the colours and the texture!!!!
I just want on too!!!!
Weeeeeeeeeee! something red! I like the sound of that!
This looks great so far!
i like that you speak so well of such a workhorse yarn. I love some of those yarns and hearing other people say so is quite validating! It looks wonderful.
Oh yes Love REd would be fantabulous me thinks too - te he!
Great to hear from Miss Ails and thanks so much forgiving me the link to your crafty world.
...and yes you do indeed knit ...and how! I am so in awe!!
Looking forward to keeping in touch via our crafty worlds now that I'm back in blogerooni land.
chat soon
xh
Lovely colors & that herringbone st is nice!
That is a gorgeous jacket and I love the way the herringbone stitch looks. Something Red sounds very interesting!!
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