Purple Haze.
Long flights are good for concentrated, attention-required knitting…so I started the Paisley Shawl from the Spring Interweave on the flight to Tokyo — it was a bit of a clumsy start with those bamboo double-points but after I switched to the circulars, things eased up and my yarnovers started to look better.
To prevent problems with getting through security at the airport, I chose to use Addi Naturas (bamboo needles). I can’t say I really like them very much — they don’t have a very smooth join and I find I have to work at moving the stitches around. In any case, I’ve finished 9 repeats and have four more to go before finishing with the paisley edge — almost there!
I also started — and finished all the pieces of the Rebecca 29 cardi… EXCEPT for the last 25 cm of the long tie. Why? I ran out of yarn. Agh! And I even bought an extra ball!?! I’m making the small size which should only require 4 balls of Kid Soft — I subbed for Rare Comfort Mohair which has nearly the same yardage, and bought an extra ball. Who knew you’d need 50% more yarn??? And me, being the tidy person that I am, threw out all the yarn labels so I don’t know what dye lot I was using. Mmm… silly girl.
I’ve experienced the same thing with Naturas and mohair. I eventually switched to Turbos and enjoyed the knitting experience much better. The shawl is looking yum!
gorgeous knitting!
I’m doing the Paisley Shawl too! As far as I know, we’re the only ones. I have 2 more repeats to go, but it’s slow knitting now that it’s so big! What yarn are you using?
Love this purple! Simply gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing all of the fun & yummy things you brought back from Japan!
That purple is wonderful! Please tell us what yarn and colorway that is. Beautiful!