I made it about half way through the River of Doubt before my own doubts caught up with me and I decided that I really needed to knit this shawl out of a different set of yarn. I looked at the Alpaca Silk sets on the Expression Fiber Arts web site several times trying to convince myself to buy one, but I just couldn’t. Then I looked at other online yarn shops looking for likely candidates. I knew that I needed at least 230 yards per skein, and I wanted a variegated, and they had to go together. I was not having much luck when I happened to spy some Expression Fiber Arts Sparkle DK in my recent acquisitions pile. I checked it out on the web site. The yardage was good, at 275 yards per skein it was even better than the Alpaca Silk. And the colors all worked together.
I decided that I would start with this set - Honey Hibiscus- and work from right to left.
And then finish up with two of the skeins from this set - Keep the Joy - skipping the blue and finishing up with the purple. So, yesterday I caked up the first skein, and today thanks to an all day meeting I finished re-knitting the first section - the Cabin of Complacency.
I just love the colors. Nothing angsty here. I’ve started on the second section, the Forest of Fear, but it feels more like Candy Land. I really like knitting with the Sparkle DK. I wasn’t sure if I would because of the sparkle thread, but it really has a very nice feel to it.
Pattern: The Journey by Jane Vanselous
Yarn: Sparkle DK from Expression Fiber Arts
Needle: US 4
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