episode 131 | viajante joy

EPISODE 131 SHOW NOTES

ALL about my finally finished Viajante!

FINISHED, FINISHED, FINISHED!

After 14 long months, I have finally finished my Viajante and it is fabulous.

The pattern by Martina Behm is so unique and wonderful, I highly recommend it.

She has the best eye for inventive ways to make shawls and scarfs and this is the second pattern of hers that I’ve made - the other being the Match & Move which is also epic!

I used 4 x 50g of Malabrigo Lace in the Cognac colourway (now discontinued), although the pattern calls for one skein of Wollmeise Lace Garn which comes in a 300g skein but is not available to buy in the UK (maybe if you search about a bit though).

Nevertheless, even with 200g I think the shawl is fabulously big and perfect for wearing on chilly mornings when I’m drinking my first cup of tea.

I started the working on the pattern after seeing it on Kiko’s Knitting Podcast and including it in my Make Nine 2021 list. I knew that it was going to take quite a while to make and I pegged it as a year long project and didn’t put too much pressure on myself.

But, at the start of this year I realised that a. I wanted it, and b. if I didn’t put a particularly big effort in then it would never be finished so I started working on it every evening as my watching telly project. Two months later and she is done. Hurrah.

PLANS

I’m swatching for my next #makenine2022mal project, the Wool & Honey from Andrea Mowry. I’ve already swatched once and was way out with the recommended needles so am trying again, going down a needle size and will see where I get too, fingers crossed.

I’m using the recommended yarn, Brooklyn Tweed Loft, in the Cinnabar colourway, which I got for Christmas.

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Happy knitting.