Part of the reason I wanted that "boring old thing" off the needles was so I could start Zoe Mellor/s Sheep Jacket for Granddaughter #2, due late this summer. Granddaughters deserve vituoso craft performances, and I hope this turns out to be one. Below are the seven (7!) colors of yarn I'll be using in my first ever Fair Isle project. I think if you are doing to do something challenging, 
as well do it for a very small person because 1) they don't complain, and 2) there less of it to do!
This is the pattern book that I got for a song at Half Price Books in Dallas . This is the first of Ms. Mellor's designs I've done and if it works well, there will be more to follow.I also bought synthetic yarn to make ANOTHER baby blanket with a rainbow/prismatic theme. I would prefer to have bought wool, but for the investment I wanted to make and the time I had to shop, these colors kind of grabbed me while I was at A.C. Moore's in Nashua. I understand that Liberty Wool (which is also "tough, washable and soft" might have a similarly wide assortment of Crayon Colors.
Can't wait to get started. THIS project, while large, is relatively mindless. I hope it goes fast!
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