I got every color of Knit Picks Brava Worsted….except cream. I wanted cream but I guess I forgot to order it. Oh well I will order it next time I get some thing from them;I’m sure it won’t be long!

Original yarn was DK/8 ply, but I wanted more instant gratification than that……. :o)

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10/8/12 - I finished the knitting of this & bound off today. All that’s left to do is weaving in the ends (I did a lot of it whilst knitting) and then blocking.

I never did order the cream so I subbed some cream Vanna’s Choice - something I won’t EVER do again. I mean it’s an ok yarn - the colors are good, way way way WAY better than Red Heart and it is widely available, but I don’t like knitting with it, especially when I compare it to the Brava.

I had to change some of the stripe orders around once I’d added the extra colors. I hope it still looks like Missoni-ish. :o)

I didn’t actually put in all of the colors I had originally planned to but it’s so big now I just had to stop. For the last five weeks I’ve taken it everywhere I would ordinarily take a sock project just to get it done, and most of it was stuffed into a pillowcase - both to protect it and to manage its enormity. I haven’t measured it (and probably won’t, knowing how I am), but I think it’s the size of a bedspread (for a full bed - not twin).

Hope the folks like it. I really like it and feel very proud of completing the*** BIGGEST THING I’VE EVER KNITTED.

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The leftovers will go into the living room scrap afghan and into a Missoni-sh baby blanket for a friend.