I try to hold back with the knitting posts because I imagine you all get tired of them, but now I see the last progress photo of the cardigan was six weeks ago, so I can get away with one.

I had planned a colour fade which looked good when the yarns were still in hanks, but now that I’m knitting it, there is less gradual fading than I had hoped and more of a striped effect.

The fade is much softer and, you know, actually fade-y, on the reverse of the fabric. I’m starting to understand why so many of the knitting patterns that incorporate a colour fade are made in reverse stockinette or garter stitch. But I still like the overall impression of the right side much better – the colours look more brilliant and the yarn more lustrous. So I guess I’ll have to deal with the stripey fade.