I’m on a roll, hold the mayo! Cabled Rangoli Hat by Desi knitter in RCY Baby Alpaca DK, which was another accidental yarn purchase along with the Pure Cashmere.
It took about a skein and a half and took about two days worth of knitting time. I had a few problems with the written instructions on the pattern – the cables went a bit wrong for me towards the end and I ended up with odd numbers of stitches but I haven’t completely figured out what happened. I was also knitting it on 80 cm 3.5mm needles in magic loop because I don’t own any 40cm circs and that’s given me a bit of a stretched ladder on the joins but that’s my own fault and it’s not that massively noticeable when it is on my head.
Now to finish the second Monkey (we have passed the heel!) and then I need to consult my Ravelry queue to see what I have planned/the yarn for next.
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Look at that – I accidentally tripped and fell in the bargain bin at John Lewis on the weekend and came out with three skeins of Debbie Bliss’ Pure Cashmere in pale blue. I was determined that they wouldn’t be sucked into my stash because I am trying to knit the damn thing back into some sort of order (and decreased size!) so I went poking about on Ravelry and decided to turn them into a pair of wrist-warmers because I accidentally left my arm-warmers Oop North over Christmas. Woe!
So I cast on for a pair of Fetchings yesterday and finished them today. I am wearing them as I type this and they’re lovely! I may have to nip back to John Lewis tomorrow and snag some more yarn and knit another pair as a gift!
Still on the needles: the second Monkey but the heel is about to be started so I’m hoping to have them done and blocked by the weekend.
Currently listening to: Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place
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