Rhubarb & Burble, Barnstaple (2025)

08/11/2025

My completed ‘Macavity the Mystery Cat’ themed ‘Mystery MusiKAL’ shawl Mystery Knit-A-Long by 🐈
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Started: 2nd October 2025
Finished: 2nd November 2025
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Mohair Dares:
Clue 1 - 🖤🤍
Clue 2 - 💛
Clue 3, Sec. 1 - 🧡🤍
Clue 3, Sec. 2 - 💛
Clue 4 - Reverse Garter 🖤🧡
BO - 🧡🤍
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Wow! That was a bit of a bumpy ride!
I wasn’t a fan of Clue 1, not in terms of style, but in terms of ex*****on. The joins between the scallops had unsightly gaps which I needed to lash together in back because re-knitting them made no difference. Regardless, I am happy with end result. Clue 2 was an easy break and Clue 3 was easily my favourite clue. I personally adore the parallelograms, even though I’ve seen them come under fire from other knitters. Clue 4’s fabulous brioche rows took forever! I’m wishing I did the BO in orange and black, but I used orange and white because I had more of it. I did have enough black, so I should’ve followed the pattern in retrospect. (As it was, I think that was my only departure from the suggested colour placements.) I love the way the different sections oppose each other and I love the contrasts in my colour choices. I do hope I wear this one, but I really just want to hang it on the wall!
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I acquired my colourful yarn from (I’m a Mill Member!) and Super Kid Silk cakes from .uk giving maximum flexibility for the mohair dares!
🧡🖤💛🤍
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Yarn:
Knit by Numbers 4ply 50% Merino 50% BFL in the shades 013 (Orange)/98 (Yellow)/01 (Black)/55 (Natural White)
76/24 Lace Mohair/Silk; shades 88 (Carrot)/21 (Olives)/02 (Black)/06 (Offwhite)
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07/11/2025

💚🧡💛 Huge thanks to for showcasing my ‘Mooi Scarf’ by from by , on their website.
I’m proud for my work to be displayed alongside other great pieces by:
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Probably one of the more technical shawls I’ve knitted but so worth it as I’ve had so many compliments. The yarn is unbelievably soft and squishy!
I used stash yarn by which I banked when they were selling off their 100% merino range, so these specific yarns are no longer available. However, they have produced equivalents with a 50% merino and 50% BFL base.
I used a fabulous drawstring project bag which I also picked up from , illustrated by the wonderfully talented
It’s interesting to note that the WS of the scarf was photographed for the publication, so the zig zags actually go in the opposite direction!
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Started: 21st January 2025
Finished: 10th September 2025
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02/11/2025

Autumn Joy subscription club delivery! 🍂
A colourful DK sock skein and lots of lovely goodies.
Last photo is the colour inspo.
‘Autumn Joy’ is a wonderful perennial that produces masses of small star shaped raspberry pink flowers.
The skein colour incorporates the flowers colour and the contrasting hues of the foliage.
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Goodies:
• 100g skein of DK SW 75% Merino 25% Nylon sock yarn
• DK Weight Vanilla Socks pattern by
• Laid Edges socks pattern by
• Shawl pin by
• Two beaded stitch markers
• Coffee and sweets - what a treat!
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22/10/2025

SPOILER ALERT!
Clue 3: Finished!
🧡🖤💛🤍

Here lies clue 3 of my ‘Macavity the Mystery Cat’ themed ‘Mystery MusiKAL’ shawl Mystery Knit-A-Long by 🐈
Mohair Dare: I used white and Orange mohair in section 3 and yellow mohair in section 4 - all held double with their main yarn colour.
No issues this week. I would say this was my favourite clue so far.
Clue 4 (final clue) is released tomorrow. 🎉
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I acquired my colourful yarn from (I’m a Mill Member!) and Super Kid Silk cakes from .uk giving maximum flexibility for the mohair dares!
🧡🖤💛🤍
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Yarn:
Knit by Numbers 4ply 50% Merino 50% BFL in the shades 013 (Orange)/98 (Yellow)/01 (Black)/55 (Natural White)
76/24 Lace Mohair/Silk; shades 88 (Carrot)/21 (Olives)/02 (Black)/06 (Offwhite)
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15/10/2025

SPOILER ALERT!
Clue 2: Finished!
🧡🖤💛🤍

Here lies clue 2 of my ‘Macavity the Mystery Cat’ themed ‘Mystery MusiKAL’ shawl Mystery Knit-A-Long by 🐈
Mohair Dare: I used yellow mohair held with the yellow yarn in the eyelet stripes.
A couple of items to mention this week. I undid the tight lashings previously mentioned and that definitely improved the fabric. Then I discovered I had cut what I thought was a woven-in yarn, but had actually cut a loose thread from the end of a scallop. It’s a blessing that these yarns are quite ‘sticky’ and the short end didn’t pull back and drop stitches even whilst manipulating the shawl for last week’s photos. 😬 I solved the issue by tying a knot in back. Fingers crossed it holds. Again, 😬.
Clue 3 will be dropped tomorrow. 🎉
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I tried to make a sliding picture on this post. Hopefully I’ve lined the two halves successfully - I won’t know until I post this! 🤷‍♀️
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I acquired my colourful yarn from (I’m a Mill Member!) and Super Kid Silk cakes from .uk giving maximum flexibility for the mohair dares!
🧡🖤💛🤍
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Yarn:
Knit by Numbers 4ply 50% Merino 50% BFL in the shades 013 (Orange)/98 (Yellow)/01 (Black)/55 (Natural White)
76/24 Lace Mohair/Silk; shades 88 (Carrot)/21 (Olives)/02 (Black)/06 (Offwhite)
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09/10/2025

SPOILER ALERT!
Clue 1: Finished, with struggles!
🧡🖤💛🤍

Here lies clue 1 of my ‘Macavity the Mystery Cat’ themed ‘Mystery MusiKAL’ shawl Mystery Knit-A-Long by 🐈

I love the look of this and I love modular knitting, but for some reason I kept getting unsightly stretched holes between the scallops. A lot of unpicking and attempts to handle the fabric more gently turned out to be fruitless, so I ended up lashing them together in back. 😬 However, I think I have done it too tightly in places! 🤦‍♀️ I will redo it, but wanted to have a slight rest before I start clue 2 today. Really looking forward to sneaking a look at how this next clue will go!
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I acquired my colourful yarn from (I’m a Mill Member!) and Super Kid Silk cakes from .uk giving maximum flexibility for the mohair dares!
🧡🖤💛🤍
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Yarn:
Knit by Numbers 4ply 50% Merino 50% BFL in the shades 013 (Orange)/98 (Yellow)/01 (Black)/55 (Natural White)
76/24 Lace Mohair/Silk; shades 88 (Carrot)/21 (Olives)/02 (Black)/06 (Offwhite)
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03/10/2025

SPOILER ALERT!
Clue 1: The first scallop!
🧡💛🖤🤍

Witness the birth of my ‘Macavity the Mystery Cat’ themed ‘Mystery MusiKAL’ shawl Mystery Knit-A-Long by 🐈
Black and white Mohair has been held with the matching colour wool in this clue.
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I acquired the perfect, colourful yarn from (I’m a Mill Member!) and Super Kid Silk cakes from .uk giving maximum flexibility for the mohair dares!
🧡💛🖤🤍
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Yarn:
Knit by Numbers 4ply 50% Merino 50% BFL in the shades 013 (Orange)/98 (Yellow)/01 (Black)/55 (Natural White)
76/24 Lace Mohair/Silk; shades 88 (Carrot)/21 (Olives)/02 (Black)/06 (Offwhite)
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The playing card stitch marker is from my 2024 Alice in Wonderland advent calendar by Jess of
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01/10/2025

The day before the annual shawl MKAL begins, I’ve made it to the halfway point of my first project by
This is the ‘Jon Shawl’ named after Jon of
Obviously, I had to use a Birdstreet skein in this fi*****ng weight shawl; this time, my tried and true shade, ‘Figgy’. The contrast is a colour-shifting zauberball by in the shade 2469: ‘Jumping Shadows’.
This is really meditative pattern and it’s got a lovely ridged effect. It’s a really well-written pattern.
The stitch markers are from my 2024 Alice in Wonderland advent calendar by Jess of
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29/09/2025

Lazy swatch and B&W tone photos!
🧡💛🖤🤍
Coming soon: My ‘Macavity the Mystery Cat’ themed ‘Mystery MusiKAL’ shawl Mystery Knit-A-Long by 🐈
I have acquired the perfect, colourful yarn from (I’m a Mill Member!) and Super Kid Silk cakes from .uk giving maximum flexibility for the mohair dares!
🧡💛🖤🤍

Now I have the agonising wait for the first clue to be released on 2nd October! ⏰
Also, looking forward to the MKAL shenanigans of Martyn and Irina along the way! 🙌
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Yarn:
Knit by Numbers 4ply 50% Merino 50% BFL in the shades 013 (Orange)/98 (Yellow)/01 (Black)/55 (Natural White)
76/24 Lace Mohair/Silk; shades 88 (Carrot)/21 (Olives)/02 (Black)/06 (Offwhite)
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28/09/2025

💚🧡💛 I’ve finally completed the ‘Mooi Scarf’ by from by
Probably one of the more technical shawls I’ve knitted with instructions which I feel could have been laid out in a more user-friendly way. However, I’m not one for frogging, so I persevered and the end product was definitely worth it. It’s very soft and refreshingly different. ✅
I used stash yarn by which I banked when they were selling off their 100% merino range, so these specific yarns are no longer available. However, they have produced equivalents with a 50% merino and 50% BFL base.
I used a fabulous drawstring project bag which I also picked up from , illustrated by the wonderfully talented
It’s interesting to note that the WS of the scarf was photographed for the publication, so the zig zags actually go in the opposite direction!
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Started: 21st January 2025
Finished: 10th September 2025
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27/09/2025

‘Wine Twister Beanie’ by made with chunky yarn from a quarterly yarn subscription by
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SW Merino Chunky im the shade ‘Northern Lights’
Lavender pom-pom from
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Started: 10th September 2025
Finished: 12th September 2025
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