The challenge was " The Olympics begin Feb 7. Pick a project that you feel you can realistically finish by the end of the Olympics on Feb 23."
No problem - right?! But I got off to a bit of a bumpy start. I first thought about making a Poncho but then ended up frogging all the squares I had made on the 7th because I could not decide on my colours. The next morning I put together a colour combo I was happy with:
A lovely mix of blues, grey, cream and brown in Stylecraft and Elle Classic Wool. There was not enough yarn for a poncho - it would have to be a Triangle Shawl.
It started out looking so dreary that I almost gave up on it:
I was already quite behind with the challenge so I just kept on going, and as it grew row by row, and colour change by colour change I started to LOVE this project.
Then disaster struck - my shawl was not nearly big enough and I ran out of yarn!
The crisis was averted when I found a ball of the Oyster (greyish brown) set aside for another project which I had not yet started - not ideal but better than having a skimpy shawl!
The outcome was a lot less blue than I wanted - but hey.... A few more rows and I was ready to add the edging (also had to make do and edge in grey - with the last bit of brown thrown in for a bit of definition
Quite happy with the end result!
I have started writing up and testing the pattern which will be available in my Ravelry Shop within the next few days!