Hi, I’ll be joining with the Color Explosion Shawl. I’m thankful for the kit as I find choosing colors very stressful. I’ve already made a swatch using some felted tweed in stash (yes, I need to start my Kaffe Fassett Garter Stripe Shawl too!) so I should be able to start this weekend. Love the simple but addictive pattern.
I’d love to make the shawl/cowl too but I couldn’t decide on the colors so I will wait a bit longer so I can see how the many beautiful combinations come out.
You can do it! You have an important goal 
Your colors look awesome on your wood floor❤
I’m looking forward to getting home next week and trying this yarn (cotton wool fingering bought for a different project) for size and color combinations for color the Spectra sweater. Great to see tons of marling combinations here!
Please post progress pics!
I’m working on the Spectral using stash yarn. I can’t wait to see how this turns out - a very addictive knit.
And that bag!
Happy 6th MDK Anniversary 
Thank you. I did not even know that was a thing!!
I plan to knit the Swarf but am just about to finish two sweaters, so I want to wait to cast on. Ordered all the yarn from MDK, so I’ll be read to go soon.
Hello everyone. I am new here, and just ordered the yarn to start the Swarf pattern. Might someone be able to explain some of the instructions for me? I don’t understand the bit on the instructions for the front-“changing marls as indicated in Marl Table (either on Row 1 or Row 9 of pattern)” I’m not sure what the significance of Row 9 of the pattern is? As a beginner to marling, and not a super experienced knitter, I am wondering if anyone has any hints regarding how to keep track of the rows and marls? If so, I’d love the advice. TIA
I will look for the pattern. Personally I use a row counter— or you can make tick marks on a piece of paper to track rows of you are not comfortable counting in the piece.
Hi, I’m looking at the pattern now (and happy to set up a call to talk this through if this doesn’t help). Think of the color changes separately from the pattern. The texture in the pattern changes on rows 1 and 9. Th marls are in multiples of 8. So you are not changing color every 8 rows, but only at the beginning of the change in sequence. Does that help at all?
This is such a lovely combination of yarns!
Oh, thank you, Sobograd. I think I understand what you are saying…maybe…I am going to try to make a chart and also see what happens when my yarn arrives. It looks like the first 64 rows are all one color combo, and I now see that it is 4 sets of 16 rows. So, I think in my mind, I can now understand what I am meant to do.
I do so appreciate the offer to set up a call, and I just may take you up on it, if I get confused when I start to knit.
–Joyce
I think the chart would help.
The link to Cecelia’s suggestion for a finessed 3-needle bindoff is defunct, but it was easy to find several YouTube videos of it by Googling knit-purl bindoff. Interesting! I don’t mind the look of the original, but may try the modified one just for fun.
