Today, I took down the last of the plants that felt the effects of the low temps that we had last night. Before doing so, I cut the last of the flowers.
I finished my Burrard Inlet Sweater, and it fits perfectly.
I went deep diving into my yarn stash, and found a project that I don't even remember buying. The pattern came out in 2016, so I know that I bought it at some festival within the last 4 years. Probably the Alpaca Festival, held in November at a fairgrounds in Maryland. Anyway, the yarn was in a beautiful purple toule drawstring bag with a business card that had a place to download the pattern and a coupon code to buy it for free! The yarn is a silk blend, and is so soft.
So, off I go on this one:
It's a color work cowl that's knit in a tube. Then you join the ends when you're done. The contrasting yarn has beautiful color changes, but it has very little spin! Like knitting fiber roving, almost. And it keeps breaking while I'm knitting it, because there's no spin (hence, no strength). But I'm tenacious and will knit to the end.
See? Very little twist to this yarn!
Tomorrow is Home Treasure Friday. Feel free to join in if you'd like. Either way, I'll be posting a new(to me) treasure tomorrow!
The color combo is really pretty! Hopefully, you can persevere through the breaky yarn.
ReplyDeleteThat is so pretty. I sure hope it gets easier to knit with the yarn though. I don't know if I could keep going with breaking yarn.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
Hello, Minerva
ReplyDeleteYour bouquet of flowers is pretty. I like the cute sweater and the pretty cowl pattern. The colors are lovely. Take care, enjoy your day! Have a happy weekend!
That sure is a pretty cowl. And, I love your new patio area!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful finished sweater!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty new colorwork project! I know that the singles can be a pain to knit with but they are nice when finished!
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