Now, I bring you Aberlady. Another Starmore, from her book The Celtic Collection.
As you can see, this pattern is amazing only because it is like knitted in size 0 needles! Tight, tight stitches to pop out the Celtic arrows.
So, once again, I look in my stash, the same very stash I acquired when I was a little boy, not knowing much about yarn and all and found Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy. This is my Aberlady swatch, knitted in size 4 US (3.5 mm), 2 (2.75 mm) and 0 US (2.0 mm).

This swatch has been washed and dried and actually, my little boy purchase might actually work, but I just don't know if I have enough yarn! Arrgh, it's always something or another.
So, based on the swatch, I think that the pattern can be seen clearest using the size 0, but I think it's the size 2 that might work. The only reason I say this is because though size 0 is very tight and pretty, it is also very stiff. What do you all think?
Hempathy is a strange yarn. Well, maybe not so strange, but just my inexperience knitting with Hemp. But it does seem to soften up a lot after washing.
Then not only am I itching about starting a new project, but my pocketbook was also itching. I thought, "How nice would it be if I got some nice yarn to make a sinple sweater for myself. Say a 2x2 rib?" That would be something I would wear more than a Starmore. A Starmore would be for my knitting pleasure but a simple ribbed sweater would be for practicality. So here you go, 17 balls of Classic Elite Wool Bam Boo.

Well, so there you go folks, itching, obsessed and now broke......



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