What to do with a Mango Moon..........................

When I first started my blog I posted fairly early on asking what I could do with two lovely skeins of yarn, one Mango moon recyled sari silk and another of Noro blossom. Although both aquired from totally different places the colours seemed to be perfect to compliment each other but I just didn't know what to do with them having just one skein of each.
Having made the mobieus scarfs recently with the Handmaiden seasilk I was inspired to try in a thicker yarn.



So 5.5mm circular in hand I cast on.
I alternated each round with the each yarn in turn and knitted a 3x3 rib. I am so pleased with the effect and the combination of the colours. I was going to knit this as a gift but I don't know if I will be able to part with it. I still have half the Sari silk left so if I can get hold of another skein of blossom in similar colours I may have a go at knitting another one.






The sari silk adds a little sparkle into the Noro blossom.

Mobieus Cast On Re-visited..............

Yes, I have finally got around to having a another go at the mobieus cast on with my Handmaiden Seasilk. Here is the original state I was in with my 320 stitch cast on. Rather bulky you might think but if you go to my October post you will be sadly disapointed it was all hidden length, I could have skipped with this.




Thank you to Robynn of Purlescence for her patience with me. Helping me cast on again for the third time. I have learned a lot though and this is one cast on where loose really is the order of the day.
So here is the finished article.





Don't you just love those jewelled colours. Perfect with black.
For information though I was only supposed to have cast on 150 sts but as I knitted the second round, that's all the way around the top and the bottom of the mobiues I stopped counting at 450sts. For some reason I seem to quadruple whatever number I cast on. I can understand ending up with double the sts from knitting both sides of the cast on but the rest is a mystery to me. The horror is that means my first attempt had around 1400sts in a round, no wonder it was so long!
I think there is still room to work on the maths with this one.