Repurposing

You know how sometimes you see a pattern on a blog or on Ravelry, and you just know you HAVE to have it?  That happened to me a couple of months ago.  In early December a picture popped into my "Friend's Activity" feed on Ravelry and Ohdessa's amazing Decibella is not just eye-catching, but drool inducing.  Then the very next day Kay Gardiner loaded a photograph of her version of the exact project.  The pattern in question is Decibella by Gale Zucker.  I really wanted to knit this project, but it is knit in Super Bulky yarn, which is generally not cheap, and I didn't have the yarn in stash.  As it was the run up to Christma,s when I saw this pattern, I just made a mental note and put it aside for a future knit.

Then yesterday I had an epiphany.  I have two cowl/hood type things that I had experimented with about three years ago.  These garments use two skeins of Colinette Point 5, which happen to be Super Bulky weight in exactly the quantity I would need to knit a Decibella.  As neither hood really worked out, I never wear them, so frogging them seemed the humane thing to do, putting them out of their misery and turning them into something lovely instead.  I have frogged the first of my hoods.

These two skeins will equal one of the colours.  I think I will randomly spit splice them together, as I knit, as there are already colours in the purple skein from the green skein, I don't think extra blending will be noticed overly much.  The other hood is yet to be frogged, but it is on my immediate to do list.

In an ideal world, my contrast yarn would not be beige, but I picked it up very cheaply on eBay.  I was experimenting with a design in that yarn and felt it was a deal I couldn't pass up.  As it is such a neutral colour I think it will work out ok as a contrast to the bright colours of the green and purple.  I am more worried about  how fat/thin yarn will look, instead of the lovely plump and evenly spun yarn used in the pattern.  We shall just have to wait and see.

In other news, I have been playing with my lovely distracting yarn.  I have decided I want it to be a scarf and I have been playing with a checkerboard type lace pattern.

I have re-knit this few centimetres about 5 times and I'm still not quite happy with it.  I may give the poor yarn a rest and do some more swatching on some left over yarns from another project, because even though it has stood up incredibly well to the frogging, I don't want to make it fuzzy by doing it too much more.  Hopefully by next week, my ideas will have firmed up a bit and I'll be able to show more.

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ChiaoGoo Twist Interchangeable Lace Needle Set Review

As promised on Friday, I have taken some photos of my new ChiaoGoo Twist Interchangeable Needle Set, and can now give you my view of it.

When I started knitting in 2008, I set out using Pony needles, as they were the ones available everywhere.  As I got more interested in knitting over the next few months I discovered the wonderful KnitPro Options Interchangeable needles.  These needles didn't cost the earth, were compact, pointy and pretty.  As I needed each size I bought it, which meant the cost of each size wasn't much greater than the Pony standard needles.

The KnitPro Options were incredibly good needles for a starter to use. I used them happily until last year, when as I started knitting more and reading more I decided to try Addi turbos.  I really liked them for their slickness and comfort.  However as they were fixed I needed lots of different cable lengths.  After a while collecting these needles, Addi brought out an interchangeable range, the Addi Clicks, which I decided to try.  Whilst the Addi Clicks had the slickness of the fixed circulars, the join wasn't as perfect as I hoped.  The connection caught on my finer yarns.  They were good when knitting with thicker yarns, but I do quite a lot of lace knitting in finer weight yarns and the set would probably create difficulties.  I decided I wouldn't bother getting that set.

My love of lace knitting led me to try ChiaoGoo Lace Circulars.  I really really liked these needles.  The cable didn't kink and coil up on itself, the points were incredibly pointy and the finish was lovely.  I started to collect these circulars and then the interchangeable version of these needles became available in the UK.  I bought 4mm needle points and a short cable and tried the needle.  After my trial I decided I wanted to buy the whole set.  You can also buy the small part of this set, the large part or individual needle tips and cables.  I decided that I didn't want to get the needles piecemeal as that can add up over time, in terms of postage if nothing else.  I also decided to go the whole hog as this year it is my 40th birthday and I decided to treat myself to something that I love that can be used every day and feel special, much in the same way that you might have a nice watch or jewellery.  It might seem a strange treat to a non-knitter, who might stumble over this blog, but we know what a sensible and luxurious treat to myself this is, don't we?

The set comes wrapped in a nice black and white cotton case, with a red ribbon running around it.  The fabric isn't the hardiest of material, but it isn't that flimsy either.  The front of the set has zipper pocket with a nice ribbon zipper pull.  In this front pocket is room for all the things (apart from the needles) that come with the kit.

There are some lovely stitch markers in various sizes, from large to tiny.  There are stoppers for the ends of the cables, to enable you to remove the needles for other projects without losing your stitches.  Also included in the top middle photo are the cable tighteners (they look like T Pins) and cable connectors so that a longer cable can be created from two smaller sizes.  The cables come in two sizes, small and large, to be used according to the needle size and there is a needle gauge.

The needle gauge is a bit redundant because the needles are all etched with size, along with whether a small or large cable is needed.

In addition to the numbers engraved on the needles, each pair of needles has it's own embroidered pocket.

As you can see there are pockets offset and below the labelled ones that can be used for other needles or crochet hooks.  I am tempted to add my KnitPro Options needles to this set, in which case the needle gauge might come in handy, for something other than calculating knitting gauge.  Newer KnitPro Options are engraved with the size, but my older ones aren't, and even the newer needles struggle to keep the needle size clear enough to read.

There is certainly plenty of room for the other interchangeable needle tips I have in this case.

There are 13 pairs of needle tips ranging from 2.75mm/US2 to 10mm/US15, which is the full set.  This is an improvement over the KnitPro Options which has 3mm as their smallest interchangeable needle tip, though the KnitPro Options go up another couple of sizes beyond the 10mm size of the Twist tips.

As I mentioned above, Twist needles have cables of different sizes, unlike the KnitPro Options which only require one type of cable connector.  Though this seems pointing, I think this sizing is probably one of the reasons the join between cable and needle is so smooth in this set.

As you can see, the connector has the size engraved on it, like the needle does, so I don't think matching up cable sizes will be too tricky, but it does mean you have more cables if you want multiple projects on the go than you would if using KnitPro Options.  In addition to having S or L engraved on the connector, the length of the cable is also engraved (on the opposite side to the one shown in the above photograph).  This means if a pattern specifies a particular cable length, you can find the right one straight away.

You can also see on the above photo, the hole in the connector part of the cable.  This hole is used to tighten up the connection and you find the same thing on KnitPro Options.  In the KnitPro Options I have used this to tie the end of a lifeline to, whilst knitting a row.  It saves sewing a life line through, a stitch at a time.  ChiaoGoo have recognised this technique, which I read about on a blog years ago, as being very clever and marketed this as an idea inherent in their design!

One of the things I loved initially about the ChiaoGoo Lace needles were the the fabulous red cables.  The cables are made from twisted steel wires that are coated with plastic.  This makes the cables very strong and it means they don't twist up on themselves or require soaking to straighten out.  Having these cables with this set was a real deal breaker for me as I believe part of the reason KnitPro Options untwist at the connection, is because the cable twists up and unscrews itself from the needle.  This drove me nuts, admittedly not nuts enough to soak my cables in warm water every time I used them, but nuts nonetheless.

The cables are not only clever and strong, but rather pretty too!  The needles are fairly attractive too, but they are really hard to photograph because of reflections off the metal.  I'm sure a professional could do it, but I'm only an amateur!

The above needle is 3.75mm, to give you an idea of scale.  As you can see the tip is very pointy, which I love, but I know that not everyone does.  I prefer to have pointy tips because I do lots of lace and find them easier when cabling without a cable needle (which tightens stitches up).  If you you push the tip of the needle with the pad of your finger tip to move your stitches up the needle, you probably don't want these tips as they would inflict significant pain on your poor finger.

The surface of the metal is not as slick as the Addi Turbo needles.  It's hard to see on the above photo, but there is a very slightly textured finish to the metal of the needles.  It gives them a sort of satin finish.  This means you can knit quickly and stitches slip up and down the needle quite easily, but the stitches don't fly off the tips in a hurry either, which is important in lace and cable.

I hope this review will help other knitters decide whether this set will be appropriate to their knitting style.  I know these tips would not suit everyone, but for me, they are perfect, and the only thing that would make me happier is having the case made in a sturdier fabric, as I think it will only last 5 years or so.  I don't think that's too much a cause for complaint if that is the only thing I can find to annoy me, do you?

Pretty Distractions

I had hoped to share my finished socks with you today, sadly I got distracted and didn't do the other heel on my socks.  I had plenty of time to finish my sock, but like I said, I got distracted.  I got distracted by pretty things.

Pretty Thing 1

Yarn from Wharfedale Woolworks

This yarn is 50% Falkland merino and 50% silk and it is gorgeous.    The colour in the above photo isn't perfect, this one is a little closer to the truth.

This shade is one of my favourites, and as soon as I saw it I had to buy it.  It's hard to get this precise colour for some reason, and there was a 10% discount on the store, until 28th February (so there's time to get your own), so I had to buy it.  I KNOW you understand!

When the yarn arrived I just wanted to knit with it straight away.  This is unusual for me because I usually want to live with a yarn for a while, getting to know it, before I start swatching.  This yarn demanded to be knit straight away, so I spent yesterday charting merrily for a lace scarf that uses this yarn.  I am itching to cast on, so I can imagine myself doing so today.  I have been too long without lace to knit and it's driving me crazy.  Who knew I would end up so addicted to lace!

Pretty Thing 2

Another distraction that arrived yesterday was something I bought for myself using Christmas money and my savings as a very early birthday present to myself.  I've got another 2 months to go, but I just couldn't wait any longer.  If you follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter you will probably have already seen this snap.

Yup, I got the full ChiaoGoo Interchangeable Lace Needle set.  It fills me with horror when I think about how much this set cost at £105, but I LOVE these needles and as I will spend a great deal of  time every day using them, I think it was worth it.  Not only are the needles great to use but the case is really pretty too.  I'll do a proper review next week, with better photos.

Pretty Thing 3

With the giveaway that I ran as part of the Knotted Cap KAL came a set of stitch markers.  AnnaLeslie wanted green markers and my bead collection was sadly lacking in that particular colour, so I ordered some from Spellbound Beads.  I've been to this shop in person and visited their stand at various shows and I can spend hours looking at all their sparkling goodies.  I, of course, couldn't just buy beads for the stitch markers so some extra beads just for me made their way into the basket.  After making the stitch markers and posting them off with the rest of the prizes I made some earrings with my new beads.

Aren't they pretty?  They are about 3.5" long and made in four parts.  I made these earrings nice and long so they peek out below my hair when it hangs loose, rather than tucked behind my ears. The four parts are joined together with split rings and each section is held together by handmade eyepins, with the bottom section supported by an headpin.

The bottom section is my favourite because of the contrast between the matte painted ceramic bead and the blue crystals.  I still have quite a few of both of these beads and I'm tempted to play with them some more, as making these reminded me of how much I enjoy working with beads, wire and pliers!

So I hope you are not disappointed by the lack of socks, but instead have enjoyed my pretty distractions.

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Technical decisions on sock construction

I have just realised that I hadn't told you about my socks.  I have been working diligently on them this last couple of weeks and not blogging about it.  I actually started these socks in May 2012 and they then sat in a bag patiently waiting for me to realise I didn't have enough hand knit socks.

Since starting these socks I discovered an interesting looking blog called Knit Better Socks.  This blog is fabulous for people who want to, as the title suggests, knit better socks.  One of the areas that really interested me was what to do with a forethought heel.  This appealed to me on two levels;

1. Doing a tube sock and then adding a heel requires less thought in the middle of construction, so I can merrily knit away until the end, and then worry about the heel.
2. Adding a heel at the end means that when the heel starts to wear out it is easy to replace and therefore extend the life of the sock (I'm starting to get worn heels on some of my socks so this definitely has started to make more sense to me).

I used the technique that I learned from Cat Bhordi's Personal Footprints book to insert two lifelines on the sole stitches with one row in between, where you want the heel to start.

This technique allows you to slip the needles along each lifeline before snipping one leg of a stitch in the middle of the row between.  You then unravel the yarn until there are two stitches left in place at each end of the row and the yarn left loose.  This means there is no way for the socks to come undone or for the corners of the open part of the sock to leave holes.

The above photo shows the corner of the heel opening and how the join is smooth and there are no holes at the point of contact.  You can also see the start of a technique I discovered on Knit Better Socks, on how to add an extra short row gusset, at the edges of the heel, to stop the instep pulling too much.  I like how it works and tried Reena's method of executing turns on short rows by "hoiking" the pivotal stitch instead of wrapping it.  I like the way it looks, but it was a bit fiddly for me, so for the short row shaping of the heel I used the dig'n'lift (variation 4 on the linked page) technique, as described by Cat Bordhi, in her video tutorial on how to make Sweet Tomato Heels.  I also used three wedges, as described in this video, for my short row shaping, after I'd done the short row gussets at the edge of the heel openings.

You can see the two techniques working together on the following photo.

My only concern with this technique is the little dimple that is created at the edge of the wedges.  You can see it clearly on this photo.

However, when the sock is worn, it is less of a problem.  If anyone else has had this problem and overcome it, I'd be interested in a solution. On the next photo you can see the areas where I could do with adding more increases too.  They aren't horribly tight, but they could be looser and fit better, if a few more stitches were added at those points.

I really like this method of creating an after thought heel and the sock fits well enough.  However, in the future I would add some extra increases, where marked on the above photo and I will place them all on the sole.  I will do the heel shaping over this larger amount of sole stitches to take my wedge stitch count closer to the 2/3rds of the stitches recommended for the Sweet Tomato Heels.  Hopefully with the additional gusset described by Reena, and the extra stitches, this heel will work perfectly.

If you are interested, I grafted the stitches from the sole of the sock and the wedges of the heel using TECHknitter's method of Grafting Using Knitting Needles.  I find this method much easier to understand than the sewn version for some reason and it looks just as neat.

I'm not just working on these very technical matters, but also working on my Melia, though I will tell you about that later as I imagine your head may explode if I talk any more!  To find out about other people's work in progress, click on the button.

A Final Christmas Post

Last weekend, I travelled down to Somerset to see the in-laws for our VERY delayed Christmas get together.  This trip is the reason I've been missing this week, I've been recovering from spending time with some much loved children who I can't resist playing with.  My body tells me I should rest and my heart is telling me to cuddle and play while I have them near me.  It's been worth a week of silence and rest to have those memories of a wonderful few days.

I can reveal that all the presents; monsters, quilt and scarf were well received.  In fact the monsters were in all the family photos taken at the weekend and the younger of the boys who received one has now decided that he wants ALL the monsters from Rebecca Danger's Big Book of Knitted Monsters to be given, gradually, each birthday and Christmas from now on.  I made the mistake of showing him the other monsters on Ravelry and as soon as he knew he could have a Collection, he was hooked.  Ah, boys and their collections!  The quilt is probably going to be a wall hanging in the baby's bedroom, which I like the idea of.

I realised, when I linked back to the posts about the presents, that I hadn't shown you the finished Wingspan scarf.

It's a lovely pattern/yarn combo.  I think these graduating yarns are perfect for something that has an unusual construction, because it reveals how the project is made.

I decided to block out the points of the wedges quite firmly.  I love how it emphasises the "wing" part of the title of the pattern.

I apologise for the quality of these photos as they were taken on a fairly dark day and increasing the exposure led to some blurring that I wasn't aware of at the time.  I hope you can see what I'm talking about though, because I can't take any more now!

I am tempted to make this pattern again using a bouncier yarn with more variegated dying.  I have seen other projects done like that, and think it would make a completely different scarf.  I did enjoy making this, it was a fun and easy project that used up a pretty yarn in a way that showed it off to it's best advantage.  You need projects like this to cleanse the palate between tricky and challenging projects.

I do believe this is the very last of my Christmas projects to share, so you can give a sigh of relief.  New things will be appearing in this blog!  If you want to see some finished items, from talented crafters, click on the button.

End of the KAL

This week marked the end of the Knotted Cap KAL.  I did a draw on Monday of all the eligible entries comprised of completed hats.  The winner of the draw was AnnaLeslie of Thoughts of Grace, and you can see her finished hat here.  She chose to receive the Rachael Hat pattern and green stitch markers.  I've just got the beads for the stitch markers in the post this morning, so plan on making them up in the next few days.

It's been great fun doing the KAL, and chatting on the Stitched Together Designs Group over on Ravelry.  There were some lovely yarn choices, and it was interesting seeing how my pattern was changed just by knitting it in something different.

As I already told you, I finished my Knotted Cap last weekend and finally got to take some photos today.  As you can see from these photos, blocking relaxes the knitted fabric and neatens up the stitches and cables.  Using a cheap polystyrene head makes a real difference when blocking hats.  It means you have a solid gentle curve on which to stretch out the hat, and I highly recommend it.

I really enjoyed using the Fyberspates Scrumptious Aran, as it is a lovely soft and silky yarn.  It's nice to wear a hat that doesn't stick to your hair!  I'm glad I decided to knit this hat for myself in such a vivid shade as I've only really knit it before in "manly" colours, ie grey and brown!

I'm pleased with the way the cast on edge looks, using the Tubular Cast On from Woolly Wormhead's tutorial.  Now the hat has been blocked the edging looks more smooth, and it is incredibly elastic.  No ribbing marks on your forehead with this hat!  One of the advantages of the ribbing not being pulled in, is the gentle flaring at the bottom of the cables.  The cables pull the top of the ribbing inwards, which in turn pushes the bottom of that section outwards.  This distortion works beautifully if you line cables up with your ears, keeping them warm and snug.  I think if I wore the brim turned back, the elasticity of this style of cast on may work against me and look splayed out.

When knitting the hat I decided that I didn't want to fold the ribbed brim back as I wanted to wear it like a beanie rather than a watch cap.  To prevent the brim from being long enough to cover my eyes, I knit the body of the hat 1/2" shorter than the pattern recommends for my hat size (medium).  This reduction in hat depth worked out perfectly.  This is one of the best fitting hats I've made for myself, probably because I know how it's going to turn out, now I've knit about 5 of them!

I do like the crown of this hat.  It always makes me smile, and because it is hardly ever seen, it's like a secret.

I have enjoyed knitting this hat again, and it has reminded me that knitting my own patterns is fun.  I designed my patterns for a reason - I wanted to knit them and the patterns weren't there, so I created them.  It's also nice to keep this hat for myself rather than giving it away for once.

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More Melia!

I have more Melia news.  I think this is possibly the project I have had the most to say about, since I started blogging.  After contacting Ysolda's office I got a reply from her assistant.  I was told that the problem I was having must be down to Ravelry not updating the files properly.  I was told to get in touch with Ravelry to straighten it out.  I sent another email requesting the up to date file version numbers so I could deal with Ravelry and I never heard anything back.  However, next time I visited my library on Ravelry, there was an "Update Available".  I clicked on that button and guess what file had been updated?  Yep, you guessed it, Little Red in the City!  Ysolda's assistant had obviously got onto Ravelry for me. So now I have up to date files to work from.

After looking again at the incorrect charts from the original file I was working from, it appears that I have made the garment 2" bigger than required, rather than 2" smaller as I originally thought.  I put the garment onto waste yarn and tried it on.  It is is much bigger than I thought, when I tried it on whilst still on the needle, and it may be big enough to insert a zip into it, as the edges meet at the front, which is not how the garment is styled (it should have a gap between the front edges of around 2 inches).  I like the idea of being able to close the garment completely as I think it will be much warmer worn like that and a zip will be hidden beautifully behind the lovely plump borders.  I saw a project by giraffgirl done in this way and I like how it looks.

So, once I had decided to keep knitting this size, I have made excellent progress.  I've done the main body of the garment and done the hip shaping and gone back to start knitting the top of the pockets.  I got a little confused with this so I've done some photos showing what I did.  I found this project that had a photo giving me a hint.  I then was able to move forward, as the pattern wasn't very clear at this point, for someone who didn't know what they were trying to create.

The idea behind using this technique is to have the top of the pocket appearing seamless.  The body of the garment forms the back of the pocket and the front of the pocket is formed by knitting the border stitches and creating the top fabric at the same time.

To create this seamless pocket, whilst the body of the garment is knit, the borders are put on waste yarn.  After knitting it, the body is also put on waste yarn.  You are next told to place the stitches held on waste yarn for the pockets back on the needle.  These stitches are the border stitches.  Once the border stitches are back on the needle, you pick up the required stitches from the same row as the stitches now held back on the needle.  The next row knit will create the new fabric growing outwards from the body of the garment.

On the right hand pocket the picked up stitches are picked up and knit at the same time, working from the body out and then the border stitches are worked in pattern.  On the left hand pocket the border stitches are worked in pattern and then the picked up stitches are knit.  This ensures the picked up stitches grow from the same point, at the same rate, as the border stitches.

As the pocket is worked it will create a flap that forms the front of the pocket.

I think this technique is very clever and looks fantastic, it just took me a while to get my head around it.  I hope these pictures will help others, trying to muddle through this part of the pattern, get it straight more quickly than me!

This garment is captivating me, and, despite all the woes of the incorrect pattern version, I can't seem to stop working on it!  To see other works in progress, click the button.

Deadline of the Knotted Cap KAL Approaches

I thought I would give you a little reminder that the Knotted Cap KAL is due to end at Midnight (UK time) on Sunday 3rd February.  That gives you nearly a day and half to finish off your hat, so get your needles buzzing, line up some good TV or on podcast and spend some time on your hat to be in with a chance to win some lovely things.

I got my hat finished this week and took a quick snap with my phone.

Oh dear, that is not a very flattering photo of me, but it was the best one of the hat.

Since that photo has been taken I have blocked the hat on my polystyrene head to open up the crown and smooth out the cabling stitches.  When it is completely dry, I will take some photos to show the difference as I really love how this hat fits now.

Here are the ways to qualify for entry into the draw, once more:

To qualify for entry into the draw for the prize you must, before the deadline, either;

• post onto the Stitched Together Group thread, a photo of your finished hat, or a link to your project or blog post showing your finished hat.
• post a photo to the Stitched Together Flickr Group of your finished hat
• post a photo to the wall of the Stitched Together Facebook Page of your completed hat.

Remeber if you knitted a Stitched Together Designs hat, other than Knotted Cap, during this period, you can still enter your completed hat in the draw.

There have been some lovely hats in the group, I hope to see some more when I log on to Ravelry on Monday morning!

Delicious Test Knit

I am going to share with you the project that has kept me away from all other knitting for the last couple of weeks.  It is the Rainstorm Shawl, designed by GiddyDavies.  I saw the original shawl in my friend's activity stream on Ravelry and complimented the designer.  She then invited me to test knit it, and I really couldn't refuse the opportunity to knit such a gorgeous and unusual shawl.

The shawl is knit in two pieces.  The first piece is the top section, which is started from side and worked across.  The second piece is then picked up along the edge and knit downwards.

The top section of the shawl involves a LOT of twisted stitches.  This portion is a 1x1 rib, where the knit stitches are knit through the back loop on the right side, and the same stitches are purled through the back loop on the wrong side.  It makes for a prominent ribbing, but it is quite hard work and time consuming.  However, I think it was worth it.

The top of the shawl is gently curved using infrequent short row shaping.  It makes the shawl a crescent shape, so it sits nicely round the neck.

The second part of the shawl, flies off the needles, in comparison to the twisted stitches in the first section.  I really loved the lace in the second chart.  The lace is such a fun shape.

The lace has points with a slight curve to them, which is what makes it so interesting, but not difficult, to knit.  At the end of the simple lace chart, there is a pretty beaded cast off, which is not mandatory!  However, I think the beads really make this shawl.

I bought the beads from Highly Strung Beads.  I've never ordered from them before, but someone recommended them on a blog I can't remember.  I was pleased with the beads I got, and thought they were a good match to the photograph on the website.  The ones I got were these, and I bought three tubes.  I only needed part of the third tube, but two tubes were not enough.  I'm so pleased with the way they blend with the yarn.

You may have guessed that the yarn used in this shawl is from BabyLongLegs, my favourite indie-dyer.  It is Perfection Sock, in the Stingray colourway.  This yarn is pure silk, and has a lovely sheen, but is isn't overly shiny.  It's hard to describe, but it has a very slightly matte finish.  The drape of this yarn, combined with the beads, makes for a very elegant shawl.

It hangs beautifully and makes me excited about knitting with the lace weight version of this yarn that I have in my stash.

As soon as this pattern is released I will link up to it, in this post, as I'm sure there will be plenty of you who want to knit it.  It is, after all, very beautiful.  In fact, I have decided to keep this shawl, even though I don't really have any occasion that I could wear it to.  I love it too much, and spent so much effort on it, I can't part with it.  I think it would be perfect to take on holiday though, as it would be a lovely cover up to put around your shoulders as the evening arrives, for a meal out, after wearing a strappy top earlier in the day.

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