{"id":1101,"date":"2012-12-26T17:40:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T07:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2012-12-26T17:40:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T07:40:02","slug":"colours-of-kauai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=1101","title":{"rendered":"Colours of Kauai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week I started a new cardi, and I&#8217;m super impressed by the construction! It&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/RandomKnits\/colors-of-kauai?new=true\">Colors of Kauai<\/a> cardigan by Hanna Maciejewska.<br \/>\nI scored some Wollmeise DK in Aquarius way back on the every first day it was listed. I was in the car, on the bluetooth calling Emily and trying to talk her through the order over the phone. Somehow, through pure luck, I managed to score two skeins. I was ordering totally blindly. I had no idea of yardage, how much I&#8217;d ordered and whether it was enough to make something or not.<br \/>\nSo then I was cruising Ravelry and found Colors of Kauai, and decided it was meant to be. I bought the pattern without paying too much attention, just that it was a cute cardi and the yardage and gauge were right.<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t actually look at the construction until Sunday night when I sat down to begin. It&#8217;s genius. First you begin with a provisional cast on. This is the top of the back. You knit down to the bottom of the armholes.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/P1100922-0011.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/P1100922-0011.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/P1100922-001-thumb.JPG\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThen you undo a little of the provisional cast on, and knit the left front down to beneath the armholes.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/P1100924-001.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/P1100924-001.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/P1100924-001-thumb.JPG\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nOnce you&#8217;ve done that, unzip the rest of the provisional cast on, pop the middle stitches on hold for the neck and knit the right front down.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/IMG_3100-001.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/IMG_3100-001.html','popup','width=600,height=800,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/IMG_3100-001-thumb.JPG\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nOnce you&#8217;re past the underarms for all the pieces, you join them up and knit down for the rest of the body.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/P1100937-001.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/P1100937-001.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/P1100937-001-thumb.JPG\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nGenius! After the body is done, I&#8217;ll pick up stitches around the armholes and knit the sleeves down.<br \/>\nLooking forward to seeing how it all comes together.<br \/>\nI may also have started something I haven&#8217;t done in quite a long time.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/IMG_3003-001.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/IMG_3003-001.html','popup','width=600,height=800,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/IMG_3003-001-thumb.JPG\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nI&#8217;m knitting a shawl. It really has been a while &#8211; more than three years! Wollmeise again, the <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.strato.de\/epages\/61425309.sf\/en_US\/?ObjectPath=\/Shops\/61425309\/Categories\/Sonderaktion\/The_Lace_Colourbag\">&#8220;Walk on The Moon&#8221;<\/a> kit in colourway number 6, scored in a Rav destash. Not too far along yet, but gorgeous already!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I started a new cardi, and I&#8217;m super impressed by the construction! It&#8217;s the Colors of Kauai cardigan by Hanna Maciejewska. I scored some Wollmeise DK in Aquarius way back on the every first day it was listed. 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