Strange things happen when I do freestyle knitting; first, I buy yarn I fall in love with, in this case it's Rico Creative Melange Chunky in red code 002.I bought three balls and wondered what to turn it into, so I went to find inspiration from pattern books.
I eventually found a cable lace pattern and decided to knit a shrug. When I was about to cast on, I decided to use my 7mm/80cm long needle as I prefer the flexibility of circular needles.
Whilst casting on, I changed my mind about the shrug and decided to knit in rounds to create a cropped tank top instead.
Needless to say I ran out of yarn, but only needed little more to add sleeve borders.
And because I needed to buy more yarn anyway, I decided to add 3/4 length sleeves rather than keeping the top sleeveless, so I bought two more balls.
Well, I haven't yet mentioned the fact that the jumper is red; very red.
I don't want to go near a bull with it, not that this is the kind of thing I usually do.
Normally I don't wear red, but the mix of red hues in this yarn won me over when I saw it in the shop. The yarn itself is beautifully soft and warm. I love wearing this top, which just evolved as I went along.
