I went away on holiday a couple of weeks ago and took my patchwork knitting with me. We’re having a bit of a wet summer here and we were holidaying in England so I got plenty of time to knit!

The ribbing was a challenge - the pieces were knitted first, in stripes joined together with garter stitch rows, then the ribbing was added afterwards. I started out doing a double slip stitch rib with a yellow thread peeking through. The end result was far too thick and heavy for the rest of the garment so I unpicked that! Then I tried doing the slip stitch rib but only in single thickness. That didn’t look right either, so I unpicked that!

Finally I just pulled it all together with a simple, 2 x 2 rib in one colour.

The next project is much simpler - a jacket with a textured pattern just made with knits and purls, no cables this time!