Kiri Update

I am working on Kiri, and it's coming along. I really like the way the pattern is written. She notes that she's been influenced by Evelyn Clark's FiberTrends patterns, and since I'm concurrently working on Shoalwater, I can immediately see what she means, and I like it. I like Shoalwater for the same reasons. I especially love the ease of the way the charts are written to make the repeat after the center stitch really easy to pick up and follow. I think she's done a great job visually with the charts, too. The bits of extra space between sections (rather than just darker lines marking the repeat area) gives my brain the space to easily glance down, see where I am, and get going. It may be just me, but I find this the easiest chart to follow, visually, that I've ever used.

I'm liking the Crystal Palace Kid Merino yarn, as well, and it's working up beautifully - the color changes are very fast, so I'm getting nice all-over variegation rather than anything blocky or splotchy, which is great. The colorway, admittedly, doesn't have a Spring-time feel to it, the way Mommio's great green does. But we get enough fog and gray here in the city that I'm sure I'll it'll be perfect many days, especially since our summer months are often our chilliest.

The yarn is different than Rowan Kid Silk Haze, and I sort of wish I'd sprung for KSH last fall. I remember that day though that I decided to go with the Kid Merino partly because I was drawn to the color - and I thought they were really similar yarns - and I was buying several other things. At first touch they are. But, the CP is not a Mohair/Silk blend. It's a blend of Mohair, Merino, and Nylon. I haven't seen the KSH up close since starting this to get a sense of how different that makes the yarn in appearance and feel. But, it's okay. This is going to come out nicely. I'm hoping not to need a third ball (although if I do, I hope they still have the colorway), but I'm not sure how to gauge how far to go before I start the edging to ensure I don't run out. (I saw Mommio is considering only using 2, as well, and that's good for me because she'll finish before me, and I'll use her wisdom and hindsight as a guide!).