Colours of Kauai

This week I started a new cardi, and I'm super impressed by the construction! It's the Colors of Kauai cardigan by Hanna Maciejewska.

I scored some Wollmeise DK in Aquarius way back on the every first day it was listed. I was in the car, on the bluetooth calling Emily and trying to talk her through the order over the phone. Somehow, through pure luck, I managed to score two skeins. I was ordering totally blindly. I had no idea of yardage, how much I'd ordered and whether it was enough to make something or not.

So then I was cruising Ravelry and found Colors of Kauai, and decided it was meant to be. I bought the pattern without paying too much attention, just that it was a cute cardi and the yardage and gauge were right.
I didn't actually look at the construction until Sunday night when I sat down to begin. It's genius. First you begin with a provisional cast on. This is the top of the back. You knit down to the bottom of the armholes.

Then you undo a little of the provisional cast on, and knit the left front down to beneath the armholes.

Once you've done that, unzip the rest of the provisional cast on, pop the middle stitches on hold for the neck and knit the right front down.

Once you're past the underarms for all the pieces, you join them up and knit down for the rest of the body.

Genius! After the body is done, I'll pick up stitches around the armholes and knit the sleeves down.
Looking forward to seeing how it all comes together.

I may also have started something I haven't done in quite a long time.

I'm knitting a shawl. It really has been a while - more than three years! Wollmeise again, the "Walk on The Moon" kit in colourway number 6, scored in a Rav destash. Not too far along yet, but gorgeous already!