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cardy

2023 Aug 26

Bought a pattern from the wonderful Spinning Weal in Clevedon.

King Cole pattern

Second knitted garment and a dry run for my mam’s jumper. The idea was to see if I could follow a pattern and make all the mistakes on an experiment.

start

They no longer had the exact right yarn so I got a close enough type from King Cole called ‘New Orleans’. It’s cleverly dyed such that it looks like Fair Isle or something.

mid-way

blocking

magic yarn

blocking

It took 8 weeks to complete.

finished

If you compare the pattern to this last picture, I don’t want to hear about it ;)