What a relaxing weekend it’s been! I’ve been enjoying some sunning on the deck each day, just as the sun comes around about 9am, so it’s not too strong and burning.
Today we went downtown for a tea and a walk, and rather than go for the city park walk in full sun we opted for a leafy lane instead. Still close to the lake, but lots of mature trees.
After lunch, I retreated to the sewing room because I needed a sunhat. I know I made one for myself ages ago. I even found evidence of it on the blog. But can I find it? Nope! I could have done with it today too.
So I found some fun frog and dragonfly fabrics in the stash and made this. The pattern is from Sweet Red Poppy. I don’t find it fun to make, and won’t be making more for kicks!
After some chili and rice, I picked up the sweater and added a few more rounds.
The whole time I’ve been knitting this, I’ve been trying to come up with a fun way to incorporate the berry and mustard contrast colours. I think with this version, I’ll do the kangaroo pocket on the front in the berry, and add some stripes in both colours…somehow. I want to start adding the new colours in soon, because the solid green is getting kind of boring!
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sporto This is the link to the Ravelry pattern page. My first sweater using this pattern came out so well I wanted to do it again. My gauge is different with this yarn, however, so I’ve tweaked the numbers somewhat. And I didn’t add the pocket last time.
Hopefully by my next post I’ll have made a decision on exactly how I’m going to use the contrast colours.
NICOLA KNITS 