Hurricane Watch Myndie - Finished!

I finished up my Hurricane Watch Myndie this past Saturday morning, having finished up color 5 on Friday.

Blocking was pretty easy.  I didn't stretch the shawl too strenuously, but I did pull it out enough to open up the eyelet lace.

I like the bright colors, they are almost primary in the purity of their hue, and they make me smile.


Pattern:  Myndie by Ambah O'Brien
Yarn:  Rare Breed by The Unique Sheep
Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Hurricane Watch Myndie - Color 4 Done

I spent the afternoon reading and knitting and finished up color 4.  I'm on the decrease section, which is more mindless than the increase section, and easier to fudge.  I've learned to count my stitches before I work the eyelet row and if I'm short one I add it to the end of the previous row (work a kfb, k1 in the last 2 stitches).  I haven't had to do that very often.  Only two more colors to go.

Pattern:  Myndie by Ambah O'Brien
Yarn:  Rare Breed by The Unique Sheep
Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Hurricane Watch Myndie - Color 1 Done

I finished up the first color and started the second color this week.  Because I had created a spreadsheet it was easy to get stitch counts for the shawl and determine when I should transition to use my colors evenly.  I did the math for 6 colors, which leaves the white skein out, as well as for all 7 colors, but my first transition was actually after the predicted point for using just 6 colors, so that is what I'll do.  I am using up each color before switching to the next, with one caveat, I am switching at the very beginning of a right side row, to make the color changes clean, so I have about 3 feet of color 1 left over.

Pattern:  Myndie by Ambah O'Brien
Yarn:  Rare Breed by The Unique Sheep
Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Myndie - Cast On

I also cast on another Ambah O'Brien pattern last week.  This one has a lot of repeats of sections, and rows that are repeats of previous rows, so the first thing I did was make a spreadsheet with complete instructions and increases, decreases and stitch counts just to make it easier to keep track of where I'm at.  Once I finished that and pulled it in to knitCompanion I just had to cast on.  I'm using a set of yarn that Laura dyed up while waiting for Hurricane Irma to arrive.  The colorway is called Hurricane Watch and is based upon the radar picture of the Hurricane.

I really like the colors - vivid, cheerful, bright.  I've been searching for a pattern to make with the set almost since I received it.  It seems most folks are going with something that mimics the swirl of the Hurricane, but I decided to go with something completely different, and Ambah's patterns lend themselves to using color.  I am going to work through each color until it is gone and then join the next.  I thought about working the white between each color, but I think I'm going to save the white for the end.  Any thing left over I can use on my ADVENTurous KAL (Ambah's Advent calendar wrap).  The Unique Sheep offered an Advent Calendar set, which I ordered, but it only has 24 colors and Ambah's pattern calls for 25.

Pattern:  Myndie by Ambah O'Brien
Yarn:  Rare Breed by The Unique Sheep
Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)