What I knit while in Scotland

While I was away I planned to knit Andrea Mowry's What The Fade shawl. And I did. Short story!

The full story:

On the way to Islay

This was a great travel project. I did cast on and learn to brioche on a car trip, which left me feeling a bit ill, but after that it was all smooth sailing. It was simple enough to knit in all circumstances, and the ever changing colours kept the interest up.

I had the fun of buying the last two colours at Edinburgh Yarn Fest, and got a couple of speckled yarns from Mothy and the Squid! They were the first things I bought at the festival, and they were exactatly what I was looking for:

This shawl was originally a mystery knit a long and I cannot imagine doing it that way. The final rows are endless, which was fine for me - I did the 500+ stitch iCord cast off on a two hour bus trip. The shawl took me exactly four weeks, and on holidays I knit a lot!

Did you know that you can open the bottom of your sleeping bag and wear it like a coat? It's 0 degrees and we've just walked across Rannoch Moor.

I'm wearing it now, and it's lovely and bright and warm and fun.

Finished!

Each ball has between 59 and 23 grams left over:

Any ideas for projects for these 210 grams of 4 ply yarn would be appreciated!

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