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Coming soon: Effervescent

What’s been in my new project bag this past week? Something that got too big for the project bag it started in.

two color brioche rib shawl featuring assigned pooling motifs
Effervescent

This is Effervescent, finished and blocked. It’s two color brioche rib, with a syncopated brioche edging and assigned pooling motifs.

reconditioned yarn
Frogged and reconditioned yarn

This is the yarn from a previous shawl that I frogged and reconditioned. I had a better idea for it, and it came out like a dream. The yarn is a little fuzzy now; it’s a single ply and I’ve effectively knit it through three projects. But it’s soft and lovely.

I was about 70% finished with the second shawl in this yarn’s life, when I decided it needed to have bigger motifs, and be knit on a smaller needle. Ooof. Good thing I like to knit.

Then I was worried that it was going to be too small. But blocking is magic.

I didn’t block it aggressively; I just patted it out as the fabric relaxed after soaking for wet blocking. It’s airy and drapey.

The pattern has been tech edited, and I’m looking for test knitters that love brioche knitting and assigned pooling. Is that you?

Oops I did it again

Peekaboo shawlette featuring brioche and assigned pooling

I should have knit the Peekaboo Shawlette on a smaller needle. I did correct that in the pattern, but the looseness bothered me in person. It made the motifs not quite close at the top.

a collage of reclaimed yarn

I have a pretty good idea of what I want to do with this. I’ve charted it out and I just have to wait until the yarn is dry so I can wind it back up.

The lovely yarn is from A Chick That Knitz in the Singles Fingering in Forget Me Not and Glenhaven (green).

Stop me before I frog again!

I don’t have any further frogging plans, so I think we’re safe. For now.