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Clue one of the Socktopus Mystery Shawl

I’ve joined the knit-a-long for Alice from Socktopus’ Mystery Shawl [Rav Link] and up there you can see clue one, in its completed state. I’m knitting mine in Socks that Rock (Heavyweight) in Jaded and I’m loving both the yarn and the pattern. Although, really, I think I should have knitted the first clue on 6mm needles as the StR Heavyweight is very much a DK-y sock yarn but I do like the effect it gives now – and there’s still the blocking to take into consideration.

Hilariously, this is the first time that Jam and I are knitting the same pattern at the same time – we often knit the same things but staggered, so it’s quite nice to be able to compare and contrast as we go, particularly as we’re using very different yarns.

Milkweed, originally uploaded by halcyonday.

I was on holiday in sunny Cornwall recently and aside from the walking and the constant eating (om nom nom, clotted cream!), I got quite a bit of knitting done. Chiefly, I finished off CosmicPluto’s Milkweed shawl.

It’s an absolutely lovely pattern to knit – I had one or two hitches but it was mostly where I’d missed out an kfb a couple times and tinking back soon fixed that. Mine [Rav Link] is knitted in Fyberspates’s BFL sock yarn (a very old sock club colourway) and I just made it on yardage – I think I stopped two rows early to make sure I had enough yarn for the bind off.

And as soon as I bound that off, I immediately cast on for the Dream in Color shrug in DiC’s Classy (Go Go Grassy), which I am juuuust about to finish, so I will save that for another post. It’s another very quick and easy knit – ideal for a holiday!

(I am trying to get back on the blogging horse, so there may well be a flurry of posts shortly as I try get into a posting routine again!)