Bioluminescent Marine Life - Finished!

As I approached the end of the last skein I attached the full sized skein that came with the set, finishing out the row and picking up stitches along the edge for the knit on edging.  I used my go-to lace edging.  I finished this up almost two weeks ago, back on July 24.  I wore it to work last week, it is generously sized, the points almost reach the ground when I’m wearing it (I’m 5 ft 4 in tall).

Pattern:  Improvised - Boomerang Garter Stitch Shawl

Yarn:  Mad Scientist Yarns Hybrid - 2021 Jekyll Advent Calendar

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm)

Festive Wrap - Finished!

I finished this up back on March 10.  I had a virtual class for two days that week and powered through the rest of the colors, but I didn’t take progress photos.  I’ve already worn it.  It blocked out fairly easily.

It is a nice size, not too big, not too small.  It is hard to get a good picture to show off the colors.

The colors are:

Color 1 - Day 2 - Waverly

Color 2 - Day 3 - Copper Pink

Color 3 - Day 5 - Mauve

Color 4 - Day 6 - Leakin Park

Color 5 - Day 8 - Barbara Deserved Better

Color 6 - Day 9 - Toffee

Color 7 - Day 11 - Butcher’s Hill

Color 8 - Day 12 - Sweet n Low

Color 9 - Day 14 - Peach

Color 10 - Day 15 - Lake Evesham

Color 11 - Day 17 - Toasted Sugar

Color 12 - Day 18 - Pink Salt

Color 13 - Day 20 - Cheswolde

Color 14 - Day 21 - Modern Fair Isle

Color 15 - Day 23 - Sunset

Color 16 - Day 24 - Dolfield

Pattern:  Festive Wrap by Ambah O’Brien

Yarn:  Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light, Neighborhood Fiber Company Rustic Fingering & Moondrake Co. Soft Fingering

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

 

Festive Wrap - Nine Colors Done

I have also been making progress on my Festive Wrap, another Ambah O’Brien pattern.  This is a nice filler project, easy and quick to see progress.  Each chart/section is worked with the same kind of yarn, which I think is cool.  So all the Festive Waves are worked in Neighborhood Fiber Company Rustic Fingering, all the Festive Heart sections are worked with Moondrake Soft Fingering, and all the Slip Stitch sections are worked in the Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light.

The colors so far:

Color 1 - Day 2 - Waverly

Color 2 - Day 3 - Copper Pink

Color 3 - Day 5 - Mauve

Color 4 - Day 6 - Leakin Park

Color 5 - Day 8 - Barbara Deserved Better

Color 6 - Day 9 - Toffee

Color 7 - Day 11 - Butcher’s Hill

Color 8 - Day 12 - Sweet n Low

Color 9 - Day 14 Peach

Pattern:  Festive Wrap by Ambah O’Brien

Yarn:  Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light, Neighborhood Fiber Company Rustic Fingering & Moondrake Co. Soft Fingering

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Festive Wrap - Cast On & Two Colors Done

I cast on this project on 23 January, I believe I was watching a football game at the time.  This is the 2021 Advent Calendar from Jimmy Beans Wool.  I picked the Ribbon Candy colorway.  It has not been getting a great deal of attention as I am using it as filler between some of my other projects.  Here is the second color.  The kit uses yarns from three different yarn companies, Madelinetosh (Tosh), Moondrake Company (MD), and Neighborhood Fiber Company (NFC).  They are all single ply, and all Merino.

The colors so far:

NFC Organic Rusting Fingering - Waverly

Tosh Merino Light - Copper Pink

Pattern:  Festive Wrap by Ambah O’Brien

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)