Anxiously completing projects in time forJan. 16th launch!! These are the colours in my stash! Hoping they’ll create enough contrast .. Happy belated birthday Zanete!

I am taking the call to use stash very seriously, and trying to use only yarns that are left over from other projects or that I only have one odd skein of. This has proven to be quite a challenge, but I think I've finally come up with a plan and I've managed to meet gauge (using US 6). Since most of my stash is Lace and Fingering, all color categories will involve at least 2 yarns and up to 4 held together. In all, my yarns will incorporate 5 different weights (Cobweb, Lace, Fingering, Sport, DK) and 10 different fiber types (Camel, Yak, Silk, Bamboo, Cotton, Linen, Merino, Superwash Merino, Nylon, Lyocell). In the end I decided to use one solid yarn for "D" that is very close to my "B"—I'm doing the cardigan and I hope it will bring all the craziness together in a cohesive manner. I'm prepared that this might be an epic disaster, but it's going to be a great learning experience and I'm excited to jump in and enjoy the process.

I’m nervous it’s too bright 😅. Pale pink is color A and bright pink is color B. Too much pink? I adore the blue (color C) so I don’t want to do anything I might regret 🫠

I'm excited to start MYAL this year but colorwork scares me. I've tried two hand knitting - work looks pretty but doesn't stretch. I've also tried holding the yarn on one finger (continental), then it works unless I have to trap yarn, so it becomes messy. I'm quite a tight knitter so it's a nightmare that it's not working for me. I've frogged more colorwork than knitted. When I try to knit loose, the stitches are too long and floats still short. I've added a photo to show of one color vs two colors when knitting loosely on multiple colors. What am I doing wrong and which technique should I try for tight knitting? Help a girl out 🙏

My Yarn choice Now that I look at it on the Photo it’s actually a bit borring To add a bit of fun I should do the steeked version (never done this before … comming to think of it I never did a stranded colorwork cardigan anyway so the borring colors may cool down the exitement) I could go bold on color D to celebrate the glorious finish😂