mouse knits

Showing off the Arapaima I made! (Pattern also made by me)

This is becoming a fucking long scarf 😂

Bobbin number 2. 20 grams really spins up satisfyingly fast. Makes me wanna keep going. Small steps to get the endorphin kicks of a finished project.

3rd bump of the green spin I'm working on. The middle pictures is the original batt, each side of it so to speak. Top picture is a note to myself. That I split it not along the fibres, but across them. Cuz I've almost never done that before, so if this spin takes a while I'll remember my plans for how to spin it. Took that half and made a big ass fauxlag with it. Now I'm spinning that fauxlag from end to end.

I spent the past week feverishly working on this and there she is now in her place of honour

Some process pics under the cut

The top one is Merino in Rosy Maple, the middle is Shetland in Petrichor, and the bottom is also Shetland in Spring Blooms

I’m very excited that my Petrichor dye mix translated on fibre so well! It’s beautiful dark and moody with some lovely subtle variation.

And of course Spring Blooms is a staple for me at this time of year, one of my favourite returning colourways!

This was my first sweater knitted in the round, first stranded colourwork project, and my first time steeking. It was definitely my most challenging project so far, and a lot of learning and research was involved. I used a colourwork chart created by the very talented Molly Gifford, which is available for free on Ravelry

For reference, this is one of the fragments uncovered from the gravesite:

Some scholars think that the Oseberg tapestry includes the earliest known artistic depiction of Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn. So I added them to the sleeves as a little Easter egg.

Finished Fancy Jacques sweater! Pattern by Johanna Gehrisch. Yarn is Hobbii Garland

I decided on a XO cable pattern for the hem instead of ribbing, in plain red for the back, in intarsia for the front, both with i-cord edges.

I did modify the pattern slightly, I wanted it less oversized so I did fewer stripes for the shoulders/yoke. Really wish the pattern had included a schematic with dimensions before seaming, otherwise really happy with the design and how mine turned out!