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Neyah, a Kim Hargreaves design from the Ravish Collection

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 Hi there knitters! While in some aspects this has been a slow moving year what with all the pandemic restrictions; from a knitting aspect, it seems to me that it has flown by! It’s mid August and I’ve just finished another summer yarn project. It’s Neyah, from Kim Hargreaves’ latest collection Ravish. Featuring....CREATIVE LINEN by Rowan Yarns (Formerly Creative Focus Linen by Nashua Yarns) Creative Linen is a 50/50 Linen/Cotton plied DK weight yarn. Creative Linen is offered in 100 gram hanks, 210 metres (219 yards). It is odd that the Creative Focus Linen, with exactly the same yardage is listed as a worsted weight yarn.....hmmmm....... Recommended gauge is 21 stitches and 28 rows to 10 cm (recommended needle size is 4.5mm, US 7) I’ve been wanting to try Creative Linen for years! Seriously! About half way through finishing Rhianwen, I decided that this was the year to try Creative Linen (wth my new found appreciation for summer knits). Since Rhianwen was a #stashappy2020 project, I