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🧶🧶🧶 Slowing things down a lot on this #WestKnitsMysteryMusiKAL shawl, designed by #StephenWest of #WestKnits.

Clue #2 - nine curvy bands of color - each held to the next with narrow eyelet strip in pink mohair.

Teaching myself to enjoy the process. Turns out there is no race against time, just an old habit to rush, that I'm working on eradicating.

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Shawl in four colors - blue-green, splattered pink and mohair pink, deep autumn orange, ruby red

Close up showing pink mohair eyelet between stripes

🧶🍾🥂🧶 Clue #2 = soooo much easier!

Yes there is stitch counting for short rows. Using stitch markers helped a lot with both those things. Looks more orange here than in real life.

I go back and forth between liking this #MKALand finding it all too busy. I proceed, having faith in #StephenWest and #WestKnits. Onward!

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Four colored shawl on needles in various patterns and curves

🧶🧶🧶 Jesus, Mary and Joseph, people! FINALLY finished Clue #1 of #MKAL- the MusiKAL shawl from #StephenWest of #WestKnits. It was a beast.

All those ends to sew in. Juggling 3 needles for all those welts. The constant color changes. Aiaiaiai.

Clue #2, with its glorious long bands of garter stitch, here I come!

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Front view, clue #1, six crescents in four colors - blue-gren, spotted pink, ruby red, pumpkin orange

🐐🐑🦙 Goats and alpacas getting serenaded!

https://youtube.com/shorts/bq9O4cqP2Yw?si=lvSEKGXo8hMejWmO

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Goat sniffing a pink guitar being played by a man sitting in a field

🧶🎵🧶 Sheep getting serenaded, loving it.

https://youtube.com/shorts/XY3dN_VUAXM?si=hodr_Dn9H96jGb2Q

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Sheep standing before seated man playing guitar in a field

A lovely short (15 minutes long) documentary about the sheep, wool and knitting of the Faroe Islands. Explores the rich history, island yarn producers and designers in their studios/shops, along with the 100+ motifs associated with the island. A worthy watch!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-1ndWUNmCpc&si=giydHYoR5peJyKQE

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Various swatches of Faroese patterns, in natural shades

Two people viewed from the back, outsid3 the cheery yellow sheep barn

Sheep corralled into the island's communal sheep barn

Sheared wool being sorted into five shades categories

🧶🧶🧶 Here is my happy little collection of stitch markers. I love them so much! Next acquisition on day will be the enamel robots by Pretty Warm Designs. They make great stuff, for #crochet too.

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3 stitch markers as tan shaped stars on the left, a circle to the right holding numerous enamel stitch holders

🧶🎞🧶 Whilst browsing the internet, just randomly sloshing around out there, came across this little gem - the Campaign for Wool – Canada channel. Lots of fiber storytelling here. Check it out my knitting friends!

https://youtube.com/@campaignforwoolcanada?si=U8oFLDC3A5_LZ9Mb

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Cuteness attack! Crochet bats.

https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts/115362554258763813

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Hey everybody, check out this gorgeous yarn my sister in NJ just sent me, out of the blue! It's called Peace Fleece, a blend of Navajo and US bred fleeces spun together into one yarn, their website has the whole story. Started as US-Russia. Beautiful rustic yarn, woolen spun. Check out the video I made of it!

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IhrTHOZOXVBHSxRtEg_UDXKC5UIMEreM/view?usp=drivesdk

Let the games begin!

Clue #1 is out for the latest Stephen West MKAL called MusiKAL. This one has a real good vibe. Clue #1 is a bit of a challenge but fun, like most of his patterns are.

Want to join in? Clues every Thursday.

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The four colors I'm using - lavender, deep orange, deep red, blue

A mauve fuzzy yarn for the "mohair dare"

📢🧶📢 These color seminars might be of interest to you creatives out there. Free! "Colour Literacy Forum — Colour Literacy Project"

https://colourliteracy.org/colour-literacy-forum

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Who knew? Sheep wool was the leading financial driver of medieval England. I had no idea it played this big of a role. The wool trade put them on the global trade map in a major way. Medieval notes in the alt text.

"Why Did England Grow Rich From Wool in the Middle Ages?"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UGWV2z8SGjY&si=wgPA6zM60elZCNdn

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Painting of medieval man and woman at a table with crockery bowls, dying balls of yarn, seems like. Someone (young male apprentice?) peering in from a deep brick-laid window on the left, set in the interior of a brick and stone building. This all speaks to the power of guilds back in the day. Other people can be seen working in the background, so this was probably the "factory," really more of an atelier.

a rectangle of DMC 924 to be continued...

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image of a cross stitch pattern in progress

🎨🧶🎨 As we clear the decks with the 2025 #FinishOrFrogAlong, 2026 knitting plans are bubbling up, for me anyway.

Here are next year's color trends, so far. The biggie - from Pantone - is not out yet, but soon. In meantime, here are some shades to get you dreaming!

"The 2026 Color of the Year (with Color Palettes & Inspiration) - The Nordroom"

https://www.thenordroom.com/2026-color-of-the-year/

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