Started this with the leftover of the merino/nylon and then will use up as much of the cashmere/merino/nylon as I can.

Kinda regretting going with the 4mm as the pattern dictated cos I’m not liking the sloppiness at the moment but maybe the drape will be worth it.

Was hoping to incorporate beads but nope, no long enough chains that I can see in the pattern yet.

Hmm, a trickier pattern than it looks. I’m short 3 stitches to work into at the end of round 3 but my actual round 3 is 144 stitches so I don’t know what the hell is going on.

Yep, similar thing with row 9. 4 stitches short but my stitch number is still 144. How very odd.

Gosh, this pattern needs a good tech edit. Round 11 has an unnecessary x2 after the skp 1, and the sc1 at the end of the repeat should be blsc1. But at least by this point, the logic of the pattern is clear so those mistakes are easy to identify and overlook.

Huh. No issues at all on the first repeat. Still no idea what I did wrong on the base sequence but oh well.

Only did two repeats after the first sequence cos I want to use the merino/cashmere/nylon in a feather and fan pattern.

Was really interesting using the two fibres together. The Awakening on the merino/nylon is much sharper tints and deeper richness whereas the merino/cashmere/nylon is a softer cloudier more diffuse mixture of the same dye. It does look more faded than the first but I don’t mind that so much. Gives it a kind of weathered look.

I really hated using the 4mm with the 4ply. I think it slightly hurt my hand.