July FNSI

My second FNSI in a row, although due to the current circumstances I do tend to spend most Friday nights sewing.

As I guess might be the case for a lot of crafters I had a long list of things to do but that was never going to be doable in the time.

I started the evening with a few post-dinner rows of sweater knitting and then I moved on to some sewing. 

On an impulse I started a Charmed Cushion last Friday, which I continued with. 

I didn't take many photos but I sewed together a pile of HSTs to make QST blocks. Then I spent much longer than I expected squaring up the blocks. Luckily the layout was pretty easy to do, I just didn't think about it too much!

Pleasingly by the end of my FNSI I had both the back and front panels sewn together in rows. Hopefully I'll have a finished cushion to show soon. 

Blythe's Spirit

One of the items in my Plan is the Blythe's Spirit sweater designed by High Fibre Shop. I bought a kit for this sweater in October but only started knitting it at the beginning of June.

The sweater is knitted in baa ram ewe's pip colourwork. The wool has a beautiful halo but there are quite a lot of weak points in it.

I also found out very quickly that the colourwork was not the best thing to work on when distracted (we've been playing a legend of zelda game a lot recently). 

 

I think I've knitted most of the colourwork twice over. 

Looks almost as good on the inside. 

I'm now on the body which is growing faster than I expected given it's 4 ply wool. 

I've really enjoyed the colourwork in this, which is lucky considering there's at least one colourwork item in my Plan.