Having finished up a couple of things I decided to cast on a new project. Plus, having completed my Practically Handspun vest I wanted to make another garment. This will become Nila by Natasja Hornsby, also known as Moonstruck Knits. I’ve been wanting to knit it for a while, and actually swatched for the patten over a year ago. I also knew that I wanted to make it out of one my Unique Sheep Gradiance sets, and chose the Mulberry set. I had been knitting a dress in this set, but I didn’t like how it was coming out so I frogged it.
The top is worked top down, and this is the back. It has some interesting shaping, as well as a surface texture. I started with the fourth skein of the set, and have reserved the first three skeins for the sleeves, which are not full length. I will do the cuffs and collar with one of the darker skeins for contrast. I am making good progress on the upper back, although I did have to rip back seven rows because I had forgotten an increase.
I used a little less than half of skein 4, and have started working with skein 5. My gauge came out a little tighter than the pattern called for so I went up a size to compensate.
Pattern: Nila by Natasja Hornsby
Yarn: Kiri by The Unique Sheep
Needle: US 2.5 (3.0 mm)
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