{"id":16927,"date":"2018-07-13T06:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T04:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/wordpress\/?p=16927"},"modified":"2018-07-13T06:55:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T04:55:04","slug":"hopscotch-new-pattern-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/16927","title":{"rendered":"Hopscotch: New Pattern Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After I got the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/wordpress\/archives\/16300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Between the Lines MAL<\/a> out of the way, I really wanted to work with whirl some more. I liked how you can knit 1km (or 2km!) of yarn and still squish it up enough to fit in your purse. Also, with a previous mystery design being quite heavy in weight (which was an issue as I have frozen shoulder at the moment) and mentally taxing, I wanted something lightweight and easy.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem, though, like with any Whirl project, is figuring out what colour to use! I hummed and hawed for a while and finally settled on a choice between two <a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/11x2m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wooly Whirl<\/a> colours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-01-31-15.11.58-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-01-31-15.11.58-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-01-31-15.11.58-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-01-31-15.11.58-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Left: <a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/11x2m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kiwi Drizzle<\/a>\u00a0Right: <a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/11x2t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubblelickious<\/a><br \/>\nBag:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/11x2x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cohana Canvas Tool Bag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bubblelickious caught my eye at first, but I feel like I&#8217;ve been using pink a lot lately. I also really liked the kiwi, so I was torn. The thing about Whirls is that it&#8217;s 1000 meters of yarn, so you&#8217;re going to be with it for a while! I can understand why people in the Scheepjes groups have trouble deciding what to use for various projects.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to practice what I preach and go with my gut, so I did end up using the pink in the end! I have finished the project already but it is yet to be blocked or the pattern written out, etc&#8230; so I will just leave this here for you now and get my butt in gear. Here is what I will tell you though:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s neckwear.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not a triangle. After a few triangular shawl patterns I&#8217;ve noticed people asking for something different. To be honest, I also wanted a change, something in a totally different shape that would give some variety to my neckwear collection.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s TV knitting-ISH. There is a pattern to be followed but it&#8217;s quite repetitive so while it&#8217;s not easy TV knitting where you don&#8217;t have to look at a pattern, it&#8217;s not a difficult pattern you need to watch like a hawk either.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s beginner friendly.<\/li>\n<li>It requires only one cake of Whirl<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve already named it Hopscotch, for reasons you will see later.<\/li>\n<li>My plan changed part way through&#8230; but that&#8217;s ok, Bubblelickious also makes beautiful yarn spaghetti!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BgWDWE9nJdw\/?taken-by=canadutch<\/p>\n<p><em>Yes<\/em>, I know that photo was from three months ago, and I just said that it hasn&#8217;t been blocked or written yet, but other things popped up (as well as having to take a knitting break to rest my shoulder) but I have set myself a schedule of posts for this pattern to make sure I get this one out in a timely manner. I just need to give my testers a bit of time to check that I crossed my T&#8217;s and dotted my i&#8217;s properly.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-solid\"><\/div>\n<p>WHERE TO BUY<\/p>\n<p>This project can be made with any \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/p1k0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scheepjes Whirl<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/p1k3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wooly Whirl<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/p1k5\">Frosted Whirl<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>UK and International buyers can find Whirl at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/11x4m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woolwarehouse<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/11x4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Sheep Wools<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=5626&amp;awinaffid=226869&amp;clickref=Deramores+-+Whirl&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deramores.com%2Fproducts%2Fscheepjes-whirl-220g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deramores<\/a>.<br \/>\nCanadian and International buyers have a great option with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/11x4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knotty House<\/a>.<br \/>\nThose of you in the Netherlands can find all you need at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caros-atelier.webshopapp.com\/tracking\/tradetracker\/redirect\/?tt=27390_12_298555_CarosWhirl&amp;r=%2Fsearch%2Fwhirl%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caro\u2019s Atelier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also ask your preferred Scheepjes retailer or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scheepjes.com\/en\/shops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find a shop near you<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-solid\"><\/div>\n<p><em>This post contains affiliate links. This is a way for you to support Canadutch and me as a designer. It is no extra cost to you, but if you shop via one of these links, I get a small percentage of the sale!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After I got the Between the Lines MAL out of the way, I really wanted to work with whirl some more. I liked how you can knit 1km (or 2km!) of yarn and still squish it up enough to fit in your purse. 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