I'm about to start on the Shifa Shawl and I find myself wondering which way I should do the yarn over. I've always just done them without thinking but have recently seen some videos online and I've a feeling maybe I've been going the wrong way! So, which way should I do them, and does it make a difference if it's on the right side or wrong side? Or is consistency the most important thing? Can't wait to start on this project, using some yarn I found the other day in my late Mum's stash. 😍

It's bright, it's offensive to the eyes, and it's in desperate need of a block. But it's cosy and it's mine 🥰

In January, my husband convinced me to make it my new years resolution to go *way* outside my comfort zone and do this mystery knit-a-long. 2 1/2 months later (after delays getting a zipper) it's finished. So many challenges met - the picking of l colors without knowing what the finished project would look like, putting a zipper into a knit garment, steeking for the first time, figuring out how to make a knit double sided zipper facing so that all my raw edges and zipper tape were completely enclosed when I couldn't find a tutorial for it, trying to source an antique brass two way zipper, etc. After a few sessions of tearing it out and reknitting (one because I changed sizes, another because I decided that transitioning from red to navy really should have hand-dyed purple in between :) and another because I decided I wanted it 3" shorter than I had it after I had finished the ribbing), my Rujuu sweater that I started on January 15 is done!

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