Bombshell!

Well here she is, in all her glory! Here is what Bombshell from Big Girl Knits looks like:



First the yarn substitution. Suggested yarn is impossible to get here in the UK (at least at the short notice I had and besides its a silk mix - the smell of silk makes me feel a bit sick) so suggested substitute of Rowan All Seasons Cotton was the choice. Alas there was not enough in stock of any one colour, and I needed to start on Saturday!

So what came in its place is Debbie Bliss Cotton Angora blend in a gorgeous sage green colour. It is as soft as soft can be, but my god does this stuff shed! Today I was wearing a black t-shirt. This evening after a couple of hours knitting, my black t-shirt is a hairy sage green colour!



So I cast on on Saturday evening and settled down into it. I got 1/2 way through the first ball of yarn when I realised I'd made a HUGE glaring mistake. It had to be frogged, there was nothing I could do! I was increasing in ONE stitch at the markers instead of two stitches either side of the markers. Argh! Frogged she was =( Luckily the yarn frogs quite nicely and wasn't a shedding tangled mess of pilled yarn. Instead the yarn was just a little kinked.

I cast on again, knitted frantically back to where I was and today, this is what the gorgeous bombshell looks like on the needles:


With several miles of knitting left to do, at least I am thankful that I have until 9 July to complete! Wish me luck - I'm gonna need it to know where I left off the cashmere lacey scarf and pick that back up after! *laugh*