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| My version of the Nicklas Cardigan from MillaMia. |
When you work around so much yarn like I do you have to become very hardened to temptation & a sort of 'Yarn Blindness' starts setting in after a while. Like an addict you start prowling around the mill seeking new yarns, new fibres, new colours - all to feed that need of what is next, new & exciting.
Over the non existent Summer months in Hawkes Bay, I took on a small commission piece for a friend. Usually I avoid these as I barely have time to do my own knitting, or knitting for Skeinz, but in this case I was caught at an overally generous moment & agreed to knit a toddler cardigan, on the proviso that I had no fixed deadline. I was provided the pattern & as the sex of the child was undetermined, I got free reign on the colours.
Merino Soft White, Navy & Lime.
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| Nicklas Cardigan from MillaMia.com |
The pattern (from MillaMia) printed in the May 2011 issue of the Australian WW was designed for 4ply merino - so our Merino Soft fit the bill perfectly. Now Merino Soft is one of our oldest yarn ranges. NZ babies have been enveloped by its gentle caress for decades & I hadn't knitted a project in it for years. So I cast on the project in late Spring & slowing chipped away at it over the holiday months completing it last week. This is when the revelation happened. The more I worked on this, the more I kept thinking how good the yarn was to work with. How soft, great stitch definition, excellent bold colours. Where on earth had this wonder yarn being hiding?
As I have mentioned in the previous post I am doing a KAL of Ysolda Teagues Cria. I have just discovered as of today it is more of a 'Knit-alone' as opposed to 'Knit-along', as my offsiders seemed to be either slow casting on, or have cast on, ripped, sworn, cursed & are now having a wee 'time-out'.
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| Cria is progressing well. |
Well I am pleased that my yarn epiphany to use
Merino Soft's Barney Purple is now coming to fruition - I am really delighted with how it is performing as Cria is coming together & I am loving the colour more each day. Like one of my boys rediscovering a long lost toy - I am having tremendous joy rediscovering the beauty of
Skeinz classical Merino Soft.
Last Image....
Hugo came with me to work the other day so I could get my picture taken for a magazine article I am featuring in soon. He loves "Mummy's knitting work", and whilst I was faffing about setting up for the photo, I snapped this - Isn't he just too cute!
