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A while ago, I started following Knitted by Macho Men on social media, a Portuguese guy who knits in public. He made, I think, a scarf, with this bago-de-arroz (seed stitch) stitch. Initially I always thought I'd like to make the shawl in fluffy fuchsia fleece, but it's a bit hard to find it locally, not the chapest fabric (this is supposed to be a low cost, low maintenance and practical costume) in the world, and I kept postponing ordering it online. So, I went to my regular wool shop, Tricots Brancal, which I already knew doesn't carry many thick fluffy yarns, but they didn't have any hot pinks, and a large shawl like this would cost me... a lot. Then I remembered seeing the colour at a "Chinese" shop nearby. I went to the shop, the colour was perfect, a very hot pink with blueish hues, but it's not a nice texture. And it's plastic. What convinced me was that it's not that expensive and if I don't knit it too tight, it will look very nice and fluffy. It's my first time knitting for a cosplay (no the Doctor's scarf doesn't count, I just don't wear it much because it's HOT!).
+ it's the right colour I had in mind and I can make it work. Also looking forward to knit something.
- I'm not a fan of the texture and, in the end, it's not much cheaper than the nicer yarns in the yarn shop.
THE CUNNING PLAN
Knit, knit, knit!
[written in 27.11.2020]
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