And this jumper has also seen some beautiful scenery!

Pattern: Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade) x Northdale (Gudrun Johnston)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

#Knitting #ShetlandYarn #Fairisle #GudrunJohnston #JamiesonsOfShetland #Brittany #Bretagne

Back from Brittany. Sun, walks. Long swimming sessions in the sea (bliss). And even mornings putting on my Shetland jumper, finished just before the holidays.

Pattern: Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

#Knitting #Fairisle #Shetland #ShetlandYarn #Brittany #JamiesonsOfShetland

And it's done! Swatched in December 2015, finished in June 2023.

Photo taken before the jumper was blocked. Happy with the fit, my calculations were right.

Pattern: Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade) x Northdale (Gudrun Johnston)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

#Knitting #ShetlandYarn #Fairisle #GudrunJohnston #JamiesonsOfShetland

It's steek'o'clock!

Pattern: Northdale (Gudrun Johnston) x Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

#Knitting #SteekOClock #ShetlandYarn #Fairisle #GudrunJohnston

More processing of frogged Shetland yarn. After frogging and soaking, I spent 3 evenings of brainless TV on the ball winder. They'll go into the Fair Isle sweater or, if I'm lucky In quantities, secondary projects.
Very glad I still love the jewel colours.
#FairIsleFriday #knitting #ShetlandYarn #FroggingFriday #colourwork

New tea cozy for this morning's tea. I love how yarn like this softens and melds after washing. This is a little tall for the current pot, but that's ok, a variety of teapots are to be had.

#KnittingWithColors #knitting #knittedthings #StrandedKnitting #ShetlandYarn #tea #TeaCozy #DeskScenery #DeskFurniture #desktops

Decided to stay up and finish the swatch. Two episodes of Father Brown later, i-cord loop complete, inside yarn ends trimmed. Colors in the photo are not at all true. It's going in a hot bath now and I'll get another picture tomorrow.

#KnittingWithColors #knitting #TeaCozy #ShetlandYarn #icord #swatching #StrandedKnitting

Made some progress. Not too bad. I'm not certain I like enough to do a whole vest. And I'm not certain I have enough yarn either. Should have weighed my cakes before I started so that I could get a better estimate. Also need to look up which yarn is dominant again, because I suspect I'm doing it the wrong way. Still... it's just a tea cozy! This is how we learn.

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Tea cozy continues. Didn't like my first attempt at patterning so ripped out a couple rows and did them over. I was given these reds and golds by a kind knitting friend. Trying to determine if I have enough to make a vest. Each time I start a stranded knitting piece I am reminded how much I love it. Really, why do I do anything else? Maybe it's time to specialize.

#KnittingWithColors #knitting #StrandedKnitting #ShetlandYarn #ribbing #TeaCozy

Zoom chat with friends. Large shawl needs attention and the recounting of 379 (s/b 381) stitches. What to do? Cast on something else. Swatching in the form of a hat/tea cozy. It didn't occur to me until I took the photo that the ribbing might read as candy cane stripes. I think the golds to come later will avoid that effect, but that's what swatching is for.

#knitting #StrandedKnitting #TeaCozy #HatBeginnings #ShetlandYarn #KnittingWithColors

This weekend I finished my Shetland vest, glad I learned how to make a steek. Shetland yarn is my favourite wool, light, warm and affordable. Now it might be time to finish that fairisle jumper started in December 2015?

#Knitting #Shetland #Steek #ShetlandYarn #Fairisle

Starting the day with my first ever steek, aka cutting into my #Knitting (I survived). To keep the same tension, the #Fairisle garments are knitted in the round, the openings (sleeves and collar) are cut off at the end.

Rosty Tank Top by Ella Gordon
https://ellagordondesigns.co.uk/about/

#ShetlandYarn #Shetland #Knitting #Steek #Fairisle #ScaryKnitting