I decided to wait until now to showcase my interpretation of last month’s Christmas ball (Merry Knitalong). I knitted the red ball at the top of the photo above (it’s pictured with all of the other Christmas balls I have knitted to date). It’s supposed to be a rocking horse, but mine is more like a unicorn! It seems to have a horn… (Some sort of problem with my decreases I suspect). Nevertheless, I am quite fond of it. I am pleased with all of my Christmas balls for different reasons. It looks like Arne and Carlos, the fabulous chaps behind these patterns, approve too! Check out the screen shot below from my Instagram feed! Chuffed!
My knitalong co-host Sarah has announced the August ball over on her blog, do hop over and take a look: August Merry KAL Announcement. Unfortunately I don’t anticipate having time to do this month’s ball, which is a shame, as it’s a good one. I’ll be away a fair bit of August and I need slightly easier travel knitting… However, that’s the beauty of this KAL, you can dip in and out whenever you have time. So feel free to join in if you fancy a little Christmas fair isle. Most of the KAL chat is over on Ravelry, but people are sharing photos on Twitter and Instagram under the hastag #MerryKAL.
