Using Mary Jane Mucklestone’s 250 Fair Isle Motifs book.

Cast on done on 28 April come out far too big - luckily only 3 rows of corrugated rib done.

27.5.15 Remeasured swatch and now casting on for smallest size (276 sts) which I think will come out about 44”. Will increase to 312 which is divisible by 24/12/6. Have gone through MJ Muckleston’s 200 Fairisle Patterns book and marked a seriesof 24, 12, and 6 stitch patterns.

Lovely colourwork so far, as you can see. Sadly I’ve just pulled it all out this morning (Saturday 6th June, just before going off to Leeds Wool Festival) as I think the fabric’s too dense! Even for me! Will start again, on 3mm needles, and straight into the pattern. Will pick up and add ribbing at the end to see what colour I’ve got left, and it wont be corrugated.

Midsummer’s Day - 24th June - growing nicely. Just started third and fourth balls of yarn at 14” long. Had to rewind one to start in the right place.

November 2015 - picked up again while down at Sarah’s in early November. Centre steek started.