After I finished the cushion at Christmas I needed something else to keep my hands occupied. So I unravelled this pullover and knitted it up again in a different pattern. This is nothing unusual for me. I don’t know why I always seem to choose the wrong designs the first time round. I liked the old pattern and loved the wool but it wasn’t really me.

I decided to knit a shrug. I didn’t realise how easy and fast they are. This was finished a couple of weeks ago but today I was wearing some suitable clothes for the modelling so I got the photographer to take these photos. It is based on the free pattern for a reversible lace rib shrug from elann. My wool was a little thinner than suggested so I had to adjust the number of stitches.

I didn’t have enough wool to knit the swing edge as long as the pattern said, but I think the length is fine for me. The best thing as far as I am concerned was there is no sewing together when you’re finished knitting. That is my least favourite part of knitting. I like the finished effect so I think the wool may stay knitted longer this time round

The front was finished before we even got to England. I knitted most of the back in Brighton over Christmas. So when we got home I just had to sew the seams and knit the neck and armhole welts. All done now.

Here is a photo of the finished model:

And here is the model wearing it on the night it was finshed

P.S. Yesterday I took the two balls of yarn that were surplus to requirements back to the shop to get a refund, which I promptly spent (plus some more) on new wool for another pullover. This time with sleeves. Should keep me busy a bit longer.

Well I finally managed to persuade the photographer to take a photo of my knitting. This is the progress to date:

Things were going well until I came to the armholes. I have knitted the shaping for the armholes at least twice now. It was tricky getting the correct number of stitches and keeping the pattern going correctly.
But I usually knit everything about twice so things are progressing nicely. In fact Sqeze keeps telling me to slow down or I’ll be finished before Christmas - the plan was to knit while back in the UK. There’s plenty more wool out there in the shops though!

Sometimes the knitting twice is on purpose - I often unravel something I don’t wear any more and reknit it as something else. One lot of wool is onto its third reincarnation currently as a sloppy, comfy pullover