Magknits mittens

Oh God... I'm so excited!

Have been going through various substitute options for the Cascade 220 that mittens need, and have just realised that Jaegar Merino Matchmaker Aran will be perfect - and I have 4 balls ready for Kool-Aid dyeing and 1 ball already dyed = enough yarn to make the gloves!

I can dye them an exciting colours and they feel soo good! And the yarn is a dream to knit with!

And it's from my existing stash so I don't have to wait or anything - I can just dig it out and start!

I am practically shaking I'm so excited - my weekend is planned -
finishing my shrug
dyeing the merino and starting my new project - yay!

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