Yesterday was a cast-on party, after 8 months spent knitting my Shetland cardigan.

Second project started. Using single balls of Shetland yarn, with Ouessant wool, to experiment with the Paul Klee Sweater. As it happens, it resembles his painting ‘Blue Night’ (1937).

Pattern: Paul Klee Sweater (Midori Hirose)

Yarn: Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift & Bouclelaine Ouessant

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I've finished knitting my Shetland cardigan. I've kept all the scraps of yarn I've sewn. How much do you think it weighs? And if you put them end to end, how many metres would you get?

Hint: a ball of this yarn weighs 25 gr or 105 metres.

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The good news is that I've finished knitting the body of my cardigan.

The bad news is that I have 3 billion ends to weave.

Pattern: Mioness by Violet M.B. McQuade

Yarn: Jamieson's of Shetland, Shetland Spindrift

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Despite having barely begun the blanket, I'm fairly certain this will turn out to be one of my favour squares - the gold in the brown and the progressive pattern just draw your eye - and one of my least favourite to knit. The repeat is long, about forty stitches, and the start shifts continuous so I never got off chart. Made me cross-eyed reading every. single. stitch. off the chart.

Love this wool

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Finding a harmonious combination with the yarns/colours I already had turned out to be a challenge. After 5 or 6 attempts, I settled on this combination. The swatch passed the black and white test (to check contrasts) but I didn't add any poison colour.

Pattern: Mioness (Violet M.B. McQuade)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

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Back from Brittany. Sun, walks. Long swimming sessions in the sea (bliss). And even mornings putting on my Shetland jumper, finished just before the holidays.

Pattern: Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

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