
I meddled with the colours in that photo to make the problem more visible. I got around the issue by trapping my floats with a different stitch, and you can see that a few rows further on this was sorted out, and the floats were no longer visible.
I am not a fast knitter, and while this pattern is not difficult it is complex, and requires all my concentration and a lot of counting! But it is growing, albeit slowly. So far I'm happy with the colours, and while I cannot see a great difference between the first two graduated shades of purple (if anything I think the second shade is slightly darker than the first!), there is a definite distinction between the first two and the third:

My fair isle diamonds are a delight to watch grow:

but if I'm honest I think the back of the work is just as pleasing!

For the tiny diamonds I am using random bits of yarn which I have and I'm not getting too hung up on the sequence of colours:

I am being a little more careful with the colour changes in the section which looks like a braid, as I think this will be quite prominent in the final garment.

This will take me some time to complete! Usually I can do other things while knitting - watch TV or listen to the radio, or watch simmering dye pots, but with this I can not do anything else, so knitting it happens in short bursts. It is completely absorbing. But I'll
On a different subject - I had a number of enquiries asking if I would be running the Post Office Run Yarn Club on the Reliable Sock Yarn base, so I have now added this option to the shop. So if sock knitting is your delight, you may be interested in this option.
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1 From Alison - 20/01/2014, 11:58
2 From Roobeedoo - 21/01/2014, 22:04
3 From Hibiscus - 22/01/2014, 19:31