My second Wollmeise grab bag arrived late last week -- a Kunterbunt 80/20 Twin with 5 skeins in a
80% superwash merino/20% nylon mix. I retrieved them from the bag they arrived in one by one for the surprise of it all and was really pleased with every one.
They're all marked as "We're Different", meaning they don't live up to the colorway they were based on originally for whatever reason, but I'll list their colorway inspiration here from left to right:
- Strohblume (strawflower/immortelle)
- Feuerwanze (Firebug, June Bug)
- Merlot
- Im Jahr der Ratte (“In the year of the rat”)
- Neptun
The Im Jahr der Ratte has a bit of a blue tinge to it that's hard to see in the photo, and it might be destined for some sort of colorwork project with the Neptun because they seem to really compliment each other well.
Otherwise, I don't have a set project for these little beauties yet.
I was itching to cast on with some Wollmeise to see how it knits up, but I couldn't quite decide what they were destined to be, so instead I started some overdue socks for my husband in some of the Socks That Rock - Rare Gems Mill Ends that caught his eye.
They've been great knitting therapy so far, but more on those later.
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