I couldn’t even tell you when the last time was that I cast on this many stitches. Ever since I saw this design —Fair Isle Capelet and Gauntlets.—-from Inspired to Knit. I think I may have blogged about it in September, but have only now gathered the woollie forces necessary to pull it all together.
Rather than the Tahki Charles Donegal Tweed at $16.00 a ball (10 balls required), I opted for Elann’s wool/alpaca blend Peruvia Sierra Aran at $3.07 a ball (20 balls required) for the pattern. Definitely affordable and I scored a beautiful range of colours.
We are heading off to Ucuelet for a few days of storm watching. I am hoping to finish this on the drive and during the storms in front of the fire. Wish me luck. I’m not much for following patterns but I think some nice colour work will clean out the cobwebs.