Yarn confessional (and some knitting)

Firstly to prove I have not just been off buying yarn and other knitterly items this week, here's the capelet so far - almost at the point of starting the decreases (Hazel you were perfectly correct, the decrease row has an incorrect stitch count!):



There is also another inaccuracy in the pattern - after the last lace repeat the instructions omit a WS row to get you to a RS row to start the 20 rows straight. Maybe the designer thought this was obvious, maybe it is, but it's still a little annoying. I prefer patterns to be clear and not assume huge leaps of deduction in the knitter ;-) I nitpick because one of the things I do at work is write up work instructions for technical testing. These have to be clear enough to allow someone not particularly familiar with the systems, to execute particular procedures or investigations.

I have also finally started on Sgt. Pepper! The centre back piece is complete, picture over on the KAL.

On to yarn acquisitions. Stash Fine Yarns are having a great sale on some lines, including Louisa Harding Kashmir. This is pretty much the same mix as RYC Cashsoft DK, so I snagged some aqua yarn at least some of which will be chemo caps:



I had ordered some silk laceweight from Curious Yarns which turned up this week. The colourway is "Saturn", it's gorgeous stuff. This is going to be the Shoalwater shawl, a Fiber Trends pattern. I also bought the Flower Basket shawl pattern which I will make in either Rowan DK or merino laceweight (picture clickable):



As DH says, plenty to keep me occupied this winter! I also caved and bought some KSH for the first time, one ball in a new violet shade to make the moss stitch scarf that Alice recently completed, and three balls in Dewberry for a Kiri shawl.



You will also spot the "Vogue Shawls on the go" book which arrived today from Amazon. There are some lovely patterns in this, well worth buying if you like shawls and wraps. One pattern for a drop stitch wrap takes only one skein of Colinette Tagliatelle. I've also found a lovely wavy pattern wrap to use the DB cotton from the ex-Tulip. I was going to make Midwest Moonlight with this but I think I'll do that with the Wool Cotton I've got instead.

Not pictured is two skeins of Cascade 220, one in black and one in silver grey. I had already identified these to make Ysolda's Skull Illusion scarf, and since I was ordering some patterns and bits from Get Knitted, I thought I might as well get them! I also got some 4 and 5mm DPNs in bamboo, which will hopefully be a lot easier to wrangle when finishing off hats than the metal ones. Also invested in a 12mm Addi 40cm circ, which looks more like a medical instrument than a knitting needle, but should be great for Colinette hats.