Another year, another Christmas, more knitting

I found some lovely colour change yarn at Spotlight recently, and to make it even better, some of the colours of the yarn was just AUS $3.00 a ball. I bought some at that price, got some more free with a voucher and later bought more at 30% off sale.

It is a Spotlight yarn, Moda Vera Noemi; 88% Acrylic 12% Polyamide, made in Turkey; 100g, approx 250m per ball; recommended needle size 5mm

There are imperfections with the yarn & I have had balls with broken & knotted yarn - which is fair enough, but little effort was made to match the colour. So at times I have to cannabalise from another ball to match the colour sequencing correctly.

The thickness of the yarn can vary quite a bit and the colours vary, even among the same lot. I have mostly what is called Purple Mix, but most are predominantly orange & some have very little purple!

I am making scarves with Noemi for my friends at work, which I will hopefully have done them all in time to gift at our work lunch on Wed 19th Dec 2012. Since I am under time restraint the scarves are, so far, simple garter stitch which leaves the yarn to showcase colour & texture. I am varying the widths of the scarves as well, and slipping the first stitch purl-wise for a neater edge.

Scarf 1: 35 stitches; Col - Purple Mix - 04; started 19.10.12; finished 9.11.12

Scarf 2: 36 stitches; Col - Purple - 4; started 10.11.12; finished 16.11.12

Scarf 3: 30 stitches; Col - Purple Mix - 8; started 16.11.12; finished 24.11.12
(different to other Purple Mix - orange-green/aqua-purple, but more orange than purple)

Scarf 4: 25 stitches; Col - Purple Mix - 8; started 24.11.12;
(varied thickness, the red/orange is very thick.
Yarn was broken & knotted to a much thinner orange)