Menokreatikkul; The Rework - Take Two

You saw last week how a plan didn't quite come together. What I will tell you now is that this was all taking place during some very foul weather, the day as dark as night, so indoors requiring full use of lamps to light... I had nothing else to do but (watch the snooker and) crochet.

Having created that faulty swatch in the two hours between breakfast and the cues hitting the first balls, my decision was made to pull it all out and start over. The pattern I chose to replace the ruana idea was one you've seen here before. This is definitely one that can be adapted to all sorts of sizes and yarn types. Within the ninety minutes, I had worked up all the yarn that had just been frogged...

I worked through the first match (a little short of four hours), then worked in the interim before the evening match began (maybe ninety minutes, with music to accompany), and then on through that match (a bit over four hours) and completed within an hour of that.

Yes, you read that correctly. A full day of crochet, and the whole thing was done. A little under twelve hours. Much like the timings given to the Game of Wool contestants for their crazy tasks. Jus' sayin'...  

I had one cake of yarn left from this - I could have stretched to another eight rows/two pattern repeats, but it wouldn't necessarily have benefited the end product, and I wanted to use that remaining yarn for the obligatory matching item... (yes, that means there's a 'take three' to start the new year...)  Anyway, here's the larger version of Falling Leaves. I love, love, love it, and I'm so glad I made the quick decision about what was best for this particular yarn.