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My "Follow Your Arrow 2" is done! Design by Ysolda Teague ! I missed the first FYA, but when I heard about the FYA2, I was ready to join in the fun of 5 clues over 5 weeks....two options per clue, so a decision to be made every week...not too stressful! I have to admit, I was not too comfortable with the whole "follow the instructions blindly" thing.... so every week I waited for the spoilers to be posted to decide! I know!!! Such a chicken! Week 1 - Clue A Week 2 - Clue B Week 3 - Clue A Week 4 - Clue B Week 5 - Clue A The yarn? Rowan's Fine Art Shade? #314 Rowan! I have been photographing it all over the house...to try and get the exact shade... which of course is impossible because then you have to take into account what you are seeing on your screen! It even looked lovely, hanging in the bath room, beside the purple tissue box :) It seems purple is my new favourite shade! Check out these purple potatoes I found at

One thing I learned while knitting my Kaffe afghan with my Kaffe Klatch buddies....sharing with your friends makes everything just better!  So I thought why not apply that to my every day knitting? I have met a few knitters who I just knew right away were kindred spirits.  If we lived closer, I know we'd be having knit get-togethers! Maybe their gorgeous projects will encourage you to try something that you might not have thought of! I first met Carole-Ann at the Docknits retreat weekend. She was introduced to me as one of the prize winners for the completed Martin Storey afghan . I remembered her photo right away - her garden shed all decked out in gorgeous knits, the highlight being her completed afghan!   Her prize was a bag of  Brushed Fleece  yarn in Lagoon (259). She knit "Mette", a short sleeved, long length cardigan knit in stocking stitch with front pockets and raglan sleeves! This design is in the  Brushed Fleece  brochure (16 designs by

Friday the 13th knitters!  You know what that means! Well, this is what happened today...rip rip rip.... because on Monday, while contemplating Clue 4 of the  Follow Your Arrow 2 KAL, I discovered a dropped stitch down in my Clue 3 wrapped bundles! It took until today for me to get down to ripping it out (boo hoo) and yes, now I have a marathon of knitting to do this weekend  to be ready for Clue 5 on Monday! Can I do it? What have I been doing all week then you might ask :) Well, my Earth Stripe Wrap  (the one I am supposed to be knitting 5" a month on) is now....pretty long..... I must say it is addictive...and I love the way the colours work with each other. Did you know that this is the 13th year that  Rowan have produced Kidsilk Haze? 13 years and still going strong! I've also been playing around with Crochet. Yes, the "C" word!!!! My little Tilley  Book of Crochet has large diagrams... which makes it really easy to see what is happening. S

ABA Chose 1 A because of that gorgeous picot edge! Decided to go with the wrapped bunches of stitches :) 3A Because it repeats the theme of the stranding on clue 2B Just in case one skein isn't enough, I went to my LRS, The Needle Emporium for a backup skein of Fine Art. My shawl has used up 63 grams of my 100 gram skein and measured 25 cm in depth and 110 cm in width so far. There are so many two colour shawls that I'm thinking of adding a second shade....we shall see :) Follow Your Arrow 2 Rowan Fine Art It's always fun to compare notes with a kitting friend! My friend Ros is knitting the Follow Your Arrow 2 also.... here is her shawl so far, clues AAB I love this blue/brown colour way.....she is using the luscious  Sundara Yarns ! Anyone else knitting Follow Your Arrow 2? Happy Knitting, Anne