As I mentioned last week, we went to a knitting event a few weekends ago, and some yarn demanded to be adopted. It’s so pretty that it jumped the queue—even though the sweater isn’t finished, I thought I’d show you the yarn and my progress today.

The yarn is from The Loving Path, an indie dyer, and was put up in a kit for Love Note, a pullover pattern from TinCanKnits. (The dyer’s link goes to Etsy and the pattern link goes to Ravelry.) It included two skeins each of a fingering weight yarn (High Twist Sock) and a mohair silk blend (Aura Lace), both dyed in the same colourway (Bewitched) and intended to be held together to knit the sweater. I wasn’t sure I wanted a pullover but realized once I got home that the yarn combo would work perfectly for the Felix Cardigan. (Another Ravelry link.) I’ve knit this three times and love it.

Here are my three previous incarnations of Felix:

Felix is a shorter boxy cardigan, knit top-down with a lovely eyelet detail on the raglan increases. All three of these were knit with a single strand of Aran weight yarn. These two yarns together will be more like a DK weight, but Love Note is knit on even larger needles than Felix. The result is a lacy airy fabric, like this:

The fabric is soft and squishy, and as light as a cloud. I just love all the gradations in this hand-dyed yarn. It’s all silvers, greys, blacks with hints of turquoise, blue and pink. This looks lighter than the actual yarn in real life. It was a dingy day so I added a lot of light, which means you can see the colours but the shot is slightly over-exposed. It really appears as a smoky black with flicks of other colors. I have some buttons in my stash which perfectly mirror that combination, too.

Another great thing about this is that I’ve known for a while that I need a black cardigan. I have a Hebrides on my needles in solid black Kidsilk Haze but haven’t made a lot of progress—since I tend to knit at night while watching TV, thin black yarn isn’t the best choice for my eyeballs. I’m almost half done this Felix in a week, so (as long as it doesn’t get stuck on Sleeve Island) I should have that black cardigan soon. I’ll show it to you when it’s done.

And finally a bit about admin. I feel the need for a little more organization here on the blog. I’ve been cutting back on my online time (which had crept upward during the pandemic) and am spending more time with my many projects. This is all good but I’ve ventured beyond just knitting. As projects near completion, I want a plan for posts. I’ll keep knitting posts on Wednesdays but will put sewing posts on Fridays and anything related to dolls on Mondays. That should give you an idea what to expect when you visit.