One of skeins of yarn in the same box as the leftover Coolfire yarn was a single skein of Dream in Color Classy in Ahoy! Mates. This was a special colorway developed for The Loopy Ewe for their annual Camp Loopy. The theme that year was pirates. I decided that it needed to be knit up right away so I caked it up and grabbed a US 7 needle (32 inch circular). I pulled two lengths of yarn out of the cake and started working a long tail cast on till I ran out of tail and filled up the needle. I worked one row flat and then joined to work in the round. I worked a couple of rows of garter and then started working stockinette. I continued working in stockinette until I had about 12 grams of yarn left, worked a couple more rows of garter and then cast off loosely. The US 7 gives me a nice drapey fabric and the simplicity lets the yarn be the star. This was a great project to throw into my work bag as it was just endless rounds of stockinette and it only took 2 days to complete. I didn't even keep track of how many rounds I knit, but the finished dimensions are about 11 inches high and 17 inches across when laid flat.
Pattern: improvised
Yarn: Dream in Color Class in Ahoy! Mates
Needle: US 7 (4.5 mm)
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