It was 2 skeins of Fancy Image Hand-dyed Yarn with the name of Tiger.
At the same time I also purchased the pattern Hitchhiker by Martina Behm that looks amazing in the variegated wool above.
I wanted to keep practising my Continental knitting so I thought this shawlette would be the perfect project to keep me busy whilst we were travelling.
I had only taken 2 pairs of interchangeable knitting needles with me and the smaller of these were 4.5mm and the pattern did call for 3mm. As I didn't want to purchase any more interchangeable knitting needles (as I had the full set at home), it did mean that I probably wouldn't get the 42 teeth although this is not critical to the finished shawlette.
So by the time we left Puyallup I had the first 8 rows knitted and was then happy to continue knitting on our road trip north to Canada.
This is a very clever pattern, you start with 2 stitches and there are only 8 rows to the pattern, so once you get into a rhythm, it is easy to pick up and put down.
I had knitted 14 points before we got on the plane to come home.
I continued to knit this on our flights home and quite a few hours snatched here and there when we got home to finish this shawlette.
I am very happy that I did manage to get 38 teeth for my Hitchhiker shawlette
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| This is the best colour of the shawlette |
and have this tiny amount of wool left over!
I am still sewing and the jacket is coming along slowly!
