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February Round up

 

Happy St David’s Day from sunny (for once!) Wales. It’s still a bit chilly here, but apparently the first of March heralds the start of spring.

I did manage to complete some things in February, though not as much as I would have liked and frankly I’m glad to see the back of the flipping month.

Dalekanium

February’s pair of Socks – Dalekanium in some sock will with a long lost label. For this pattern I had to modify the stitch count dramatically – I ended up just using the slip stitch pattern really over 60 stitches and a toe up heel flap and gusset. First successful eye of partridge heel as well. I also did a short row toe as well.

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I also finished another section of the Christmas Tree skirt. Still really loving the pattern and the yarn (Stylecraft Chunky held double). It’s a nice amount of knitting to do in a month. I think it’s too much to sit down and do all at once, but this way it never feels like a slog to complete just the one section.

I’m a bit worried I may have to do cable surgery as I think I’ve crossed the first cable at the edge funnily. We shall see when I’ve completed this next segment.

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I’ve also been working on my 10 stitch blanket. First colour is finished and I’m getting closer to finishing the blue. It’s made of sock scraps.

I’m hopefully going to be popping in on Wednesday with a WIP post – and some new yarn I bought on Saturday (Cold Sheep are getting a bit warmer!)

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