#yarnia 2017

[kolibriknits]

Time flies because we’re at chapter 8 already!

Only new patterns this time, which is great, and I rolled this wyvern (yeah, gonna call it that) - I’ve taken to routine with these squares now, 5-10 rows a day and it’s no problem to finish them in two weeks. I’ve also started listening to @theadventurezone while knitting this, because it seemed just the perfect thing to do while playing a knitting RPG.

Storywise: we finally reaches the capital but it’s night and we had to sneak in through the sewers, which Mr. Spock did not appreciate. My buddy the dragon made a deal with this wyvern, and we’re on our way.

Previous chapters: Purples: 6 | 7 | 8 Blues: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

[kolibriknits]

Turbo needles on! Got square five of Grand Quest Blanket finished in time for the chapter 6 - which turned out to be a day late. Quite a lot of errors in instructions for this chapter which always frustrates me - double knitting is hard enough on it’s own. I made one mistake that you can see pretty easily, but part of this adventure is not to care about them.

This chapter we continued our journey in the moonlight, Mr. Spock (my cat) had an attitude problem and I’m pretty sure my party gained a dragon!?!

Next five squares will be purples and yellows/oranges, I’m happy to start an adventure with new color!

Previous chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

[kolibriknits]

Starting my purple series with chapter 6. Unfortunately I’ve developed a tennis elbow (and I’m denial about it having anything to with knitting... nope, no relation) so I’m having to slow down and not stress it too much.

This chapter we followed our new dragon friend who tried to get us to understand mystical writing... nope, doesn’t look like anything to me. We started towards the capital (only 440 skeins) but were attacked - luckily Lunarens (my shapeshifting moth friends) was able to use my snake horoscope spell to fend them off.  

Previous chapters: Blues: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

[kolibriknits]

Chapter 7 is done. I watched a lot of Helix season 2 on Netflix and screwed up the castle in quite a few places but wasn’t concerned enough to fix it. Then my daughter got really into it and drew a picture of my whole party :)

In the story we barely escaped the minions and met up with some Were-Pyrenees who gifted us alpacas to ride on (and didn’t ask about my dragon). We’re still on our way to the capital. Adventure continues. 

Previous chapters:  Purples: 6 | 7 Blues: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

[kolibriknits]

Whoa, I finished chapter 3 almost a week ahead of time! Partly because I started another KAL, partly because... well, we’re moving in few weeks and next week we’re starting packing so I know I’m gonna be pretty busy.

This week’s square is my favorite so far - I love the big 20 row patterns the most. There was chaos in town when giant seals came splashing in, only to be interrupted by posturing giant birds. 

Adventure continues!

Previous chapters: 1 | 2

[kolibriknits]

So, chapter 4 of Grand Quest Blanket is finally complete, almost two weeks late. I lost all interest in it with the smaller patterns that really don’t look very good as the contrast between these two yarns is not sufficient, but to my relief the new 30 row pattern shows up quite well.

We spent the whole chapter trying to escape the town, ice, aether and very large ssssnakes blocking our way every which way we turned.

I’m starting chapter 5 right now, hoping I can finish it before Friday when the next chapter hits. Number 5 is my last blue square, then it’s on to purples - looking forward to that change too.

Previous chapters: 1 | 2 | 3

[kolibriknits]

Chapter 2 of Grand Quest Blanket is complete. I met a shapeshifting wool eating moth man, picked some fruit and oh yes, there be dragons. Colors this time are the same dark navy and a gorgeous kingfisher blue that refuses to photograph right.

Previous chapters: 1

[kolibriknits]

When I said I'd go buy yarn I wasn't kidding. I was the yarn shop for nearly an hour, playing with different options and arrangements - but here we are, my Grand Quest Blanket yarn.