Wednesday, April 01, 2009

I bought a bunch of different colours of Manos del Uruguay Wool Clasica at the Madrona 2009 marketplace.  I had bought a bunch of colours last year at the Seattle Knitters' Guild's Fiber Frenzy meeting.  With all the wool, I thought I should finally knit the "15 Easy Pieces Kimono Jacket" pattern that I've had for practically forever.  I didn't have the pattern with me when I bought the yarn and ended up not having enough of any one colour for the larger sections so I thought I'd be clever and make the jacket a patchwork of the colours I did have.  This is what I got:

The chestnut red in the left body really clashed with the reddish-orange I used for the shoulders and upper arms:

I broke down and bought 2 more skeins of the dark sage (top of three colour strips) and 1 more skein of the navy blue I used on the right side.  The jacket pieces are looking much better now.  I feel as if I have knitted the jacket twice so it's a good thing I'm enjoying the process.