To round out the year, here’s a state of the knitting works in progress.
I started the Orbits sweater in the beginning of December. I bought the pattern in the sale the designer (Rachel Illsley/Unwind Knits) did for a Colorwork KAL. So theoretically, this is for the KAL, except I haven’t bothered posted anything about it online. (I may put this up on Instagram – it’s at the fun point where the colorwork is really starting to look like something.)
The yarn is BC Garn Bio Shetland GOTS in the Pink Lavender and Parma colorways. I am shamelessly recreating the colors she used for another sweater pattern she published shortly before I bought my yarn. (It’s not exact – her contrasting color was definitely whiter, and the main color was purpler, but I like this combo.)
Last night, I cast on a hat. This is the last of the yarn my BIL and SIL got for me in Ireland – the other two became hats, so I figured this one needed to follow suit, and I wanted something for a little contrast with the sweater. It’s bulky, so it’ll probably go pretty quickly, and it’ll be nice to knock some yarn out of my tracking spreadsheet early in the new year.
The pattern is the Winter Dream hat by Kalurah Hudson.