Single Batch: Nikki Gabriel's Harlequin

Yep, I started another project, gulp. Delancey is still hanging around but I've decided to work the sleeves with some Knit Picks interchangeable circulars I've just ordered so there will be a slight delay.

In the meantime, my new fun project is from Nikki Gabriel via Cleckheaton. I'm pretty impressed with the way Auspinners (the company that owns Patons and Cleckheaton) got with the program and started to offer cool patterns recently.

For example, have you seen the Romance Was Born intarsia coat offered for free online? Personally, I would rather scratch out my own eyes than put myself through that sort of project stress (love all manner of intricate lace and Aran stitch but no intarsia for me!) but I can imagine lots of indie kids asking their nanas to whip this particular project up for them:

There are lots of other free patterns available on the Auspinners website but you will need to create a login and password.

But back to my new project! I bought the booklet from Spotlight a while back when they were having a super sale on everything and it's still available.

I'm knitting the cover pattern but as usual my gauge is off as I'm not using Cleckheaton Country, but some Jo Sharp from my mum's stash. The tension is supposed to create triangles of 15.5 x 13 cm but I've tried three different needle sizes and no go! Instead, I'm using the triangle tension from the alternative version which should be 17 x 17 cm and this seems to be working on 4mm needles.

The pattern has an interesting construction and it's one of those garments that is already so different that it won't be unfashionable in a few years time.