Welcome to my first WIP Wednesday. I feel I am actually justified in classing this a work in progress as it is actually progressing, albeit slowly, rather than being a ‘work stuffed in a bag/cupboard/drawer’. There’s plenty of time for those to make an appearance in the not too distant future.
As I said, I haven’t done much knitting lately. I think extended lockdowns have affected my attention span and I just want my non-work time to just wash over me without any effort on my part. I’m trying to get back to it (and reading which has also fallen by the wayside). This is the project that is currently on my needles. It’s Marie Wallin’s Fyne Vest.
The yarn for this is a DK yarn from Rowan. DK is a weight I almost never use, but I found this yarn on sale in Booth’s Bookshop in Hay on Wye and came away with armfuls of it thinking I’d find a pattern eventually (let’s quickly gloss over going to the book capital of the UK and coming away with more yarn stash). It’s a wool/alpaca blend and I really love these colours and how they work together.
Progress so far is a bit slow and fiddly and I’ve resolved never to knit stranded work in the flat (is that an expression?) ever again. I note that a lot of others on Ravelry adapted the pattern for knitting in the round but I’m not sure I’m good enough to go off pattern so here I am. Fiddly aside, the pattern is nice and clear so far and it’s not taking too long once I actually get down to it. How’s everyone else getting on with their works in progress?
Ceulan Fibres 