Walsall Wonderland

Remember me talking about that yarn I bought to make up a nice jumper with? And that I didn’t like the colour so was going to swap it? Well I finally went back to the store yesterday and did just that!

I also realised that the needles suggested when working with this yarn were 3.5mm and the pattern I was working with called for 5mm, so I had to look for a new yarn that would work. Now, the yarn I got is actually supposedly a 4ply Fingering weight yarn, but the recommended needle size is 5mm to 5.5mm… I’m not sure if it’s going to work out right for the pattern, but if it doesn’t I can always do something else with it. I have a heck of a lot of it, now. 5 balls with 550meters per ball! Now that’s exciting!

So this is the yarn I have, and it is in the same colourway as the ball on the right in the top picture. I was drawn to the colours straight away, I think green is such a lovely colour, and works well with white as a colourway. I’m not usually into mohair, but this is a tighter woven yarn that my other mohair. Not hugely fuzzy, like with the other stuff.

I have been keeping my eye out for another pattern, just in case the one I want to knit up is a no-go. However, after looking over other creations with this yarn, I think it is going to be really lovely. A Spring, Autumn wear, hopefully, with a singlet underneath. I think this is just such a lovely yarn, and I can’t wait to get started! My fiancé is reading me The Hobbit because I’ve never read it, so I will have much knitting time!

One of the ‘just in case’ patterns is the one I will link to for this post’s pattern… Serrano from Knitty, it is a nice pattern, but I am not 100% on it because I don’t think the slight fuzziness of my yarn would work well with this lace pattern.