Butterfly

Mr. Canada Post came in with the first box from Hedgehog Fibres. We were so excited and then we were not excited. The new Alpaca Boucle wasn't there. It will be in the box that should be arriving tomorrow.

Jane sent a photo from sunny Florida. She has been talking about knitting Butterfly/Papillon for a long time but was intimidated by the pattern.

Here you are. Some mistakes. Will definitely do it again. Different colours. I knit it on 3.5.  May do it in a 3.25. Haven’t blocked it yet. I’m quite pleased.

Jane used 2 skeins of Uneek Fingering colour 3010 (the colourful yarn) and one skein of fingering (the dark yarn for the veins).

Each skein is a work of art. A truly unique self-striping hand dyed merino collection of vibrant colours. 

From the designer:

This short row shawl looks lovely in either a long transition mutli-colorway or in placed color OR with bits and pieces from your STASH. 

Instructions are expressed in a new and unique method which I developed and that most American knitters are familiar with. The instructions let you know when you are on the right side or wrong side and gives extensive stitch counts. For some, it takes away a lot of the confusion sometimes found in other expressions of short rows. 

There is a lot of counting and this is very important. It is not a great project to knit while only partially focused in the short row sections. But there is also a lot of plain, garter knitting employed. For every short row section, there are rows in between that are more simple to execute. 

This is our store sample. The shawl is stunning. Everyone who walks into the store stops to look at it.

I just came home from dinner with dad. Lucy is doing great. The bruising is almost gone and the swelling is going down. They might go for a drive to job sites tomorrow. Lucy loves the truck and will happily lie in it while dad walks the job. They have had a bit too much time in the house - my dad isn't used to being at home all day long.

It's time for Survivor and The Masked Singer. Beth is chomping at the bit so there is no time to wind yarn. I'll do a few more rows on Hinterland.