The second Deathflake has been started. Though as you can see, not a lot of progress has been made. But given how busy work has been lately, I’m honestly surprised I even got it started. As you can see, I’m using the same yarn, but in different colours.
The Brava is acrylic, but it’s nice and squishy. I like it much better than Patons Canadiana. I don’t knit a lot with acrylic, but I think this will be my go to when I do. It came from Hobbii.
The Deathflake motif will be done in more Universe (also from Hobbii). This one is called Outer Space. While it looks somewhat blue in the pic, it’s all varying shades purple. The rainbow used in the other version was called Galactic.
I’m still quite a ways to go before I get to play with the sparkly yarn. I’ve got 3 inches of ribbing then 3 inches of plain knitting.
I am heading out of town on Friday (taking the train!) so maybe I can make some progress then!
Wandering Cat Studio 
That should work – I remember back in the day you would get a ton of knitting done on the train!! Hope you are going somewhere fun!
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That is going to be an awesome color combo. Have fun on your trip. (I love riding on the train, but right now our system is kind of a shit-show.)
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It will be fun to see this hat in the new colors–you know it will be a success after the good results from the first hat!
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I’ve always liked Brava. It’s not squeaky like some acrylic can be.
Train? I LOVE trains. I took a sleeper home once from Chicago at Thanksgiving and it was one of the highlights of my life. I felt like I was in a 1940s movie. The dining car was just like I thought it would be. So fancy. My little private cabin was perfect for sitting and knitting while watching the world go by out of my big window. I was in heaven.
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I sure love those colors. Purple is my all time favorite. I use mostly acrylics because that’s what charities want. Easy care. But my socks are wool with just a touch of nylon for strength. I’ve found the acrylics that are soft to the hand. The old plastic yarn is OUT for me. We don’t have any around us and I miss it.
Blessings,
Betsy
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Hope you have a wonderful trip! When I started reading your blog, I think you were commuting via train daily.
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Am sure a train trip will be the purrfect time to knit.
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