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Monday, January 11th, 2010 | accessories, cooking, design, knitting

I’m not sure I’ve hit the ground running this new year, but I have hit the stranded colourwork!

A fresh off the needles wee colourwork project, designed to use up bits of yarn. I used Koigu in about 18 colours! They weren’t all leftovers; the main background colour is one full skein, and a bunch of them I bought as mill ends (a couple grams of each). I’m hoping to have this pattern up very shortly.

And it’s so nice, I knit it twice! Well, technically this is a slightly different option of the pattern. But it’s basically the same. Also, can I say hooray for daylight-spectrum bulbs? I put one in my office and now I can take photos like this one without having to massively colour-correct.

I’ve also been hard at work writing up a bunch of patterns in the backlog. Here’s hoping it gets flowing soon – I have a few with test knitters and some that need new photographs too. It’s a bit tricky to take photos outside in this weather though; it’s pretty chilly out there!

Hope you’re staying warm.

(Sunday morning breakfast: chocolate chip yoghurt pancakes and coffee. Mmm.)

16 Comments to more pretties

1 Julie
January 11, 2010

Both colorwork projects are beautiful! I especially like the Koigu one — the dark background really makes all of the other colors pop. And you’re making me hungry with those pancakes! Thanks for sharing!

2 RisaJ
January 11, 2010

I’m loving the colourwork in the first picture. Keep up the good work.

3 karen stevens
January 11, 2010

Beautiful! Can’t wait for the pattern…

4 Tanis
January 11, 2010

Can’t wait to see finished products! The colourwork is gorgeous. You’ve inspired me to have pancakes for breakfast!

5 Julie
January 11, 2010

wow, both projects are looking great so far! As are those pancakes… mmmm!

6 Abby
January 11, 2010

That looks really beautiful! Wow, I can’t wait for that pattern!
Now I’m hungry. I’m going to go eat lunch now…

7 Wendolene
January 11, 2010

Chocolate chip pancakes and stashbusting–sounds like a good start to the new year!

8 Seanna Lea
January 11, 2010

Those are gorgeous. I’m in the midst of charting out my very first colorwork project. It’s a bit of a learning experience.

9 Laura
January 11, 2010

These all look great (pancakes included)! I’m partial to the lighter version — beautiful!

10 Beatriz
January 11, 2010

I really like how the colors come together. Very clever. The darker background color makes all the shades of Koigu really pop. Looking forward to seeing the pattern finalized. Best wishes!