On 12th August it was announced there was a person who tested positive for Covid19 in Auckland. We had gone 102 days without transmission. Immediately our Government put Auckland in a level 3 lockdown and the rest of the country in level 2. As I'm in Auckland I was back in lockdown. Level 3 isn't as strict as level 4, with people still being allowed to work, so long as they can social distance. At this stage we are just locked down until 26 August, 2 weeks. Today we find out whether it will be extended or if we can start going back down the levels from Thursday.
Finish
I finished my socks.
I am happy with these. I added a few rows to the afterthought heel before starting the decreases. I think it has made the heel a bit big and I also should have made the foot just a tad shorter. However perfectly wearable, and these were really an experiment to see how many rows needed to be done, etc.
These were knitted in Regia Valetta self striping 4ply sock yarn.
WIP Parade
Ochre Cardigan. I finished the body and the collar. My first time doing Provisional Cast on and did Jennys incredibly stretchy bindoff.
It is looking a bit small so I'm hoping it will block out and fit better.
I've started another sock, using my own instructions. This time with a 1x1 rib. I felt the 2x2 wasn't very 'grippy'.
I had bought 4 Pom Pom knitting magazines and love many of the patterns. At the same time Skeinz are running a KAN august colour theme; show a project with 2 or more colours and go in the draw to win a prize. I haven't made anything for 30 years with more than one colour, so I decided it was perfect to cast on a T. However I didn't have any wool. So I went to the Skeinz website and ordered Orb Fine 100% Merino 4 ply in the colourways Mist, Florence and Venice.
So this takes me to haul:
All the wool in this haul was bought from Skeinz. I have more haul coming this week. I will reveal that in the next post.
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