You’d think I’d have gotten more done in two days. Beats me where those two days have gone, and I don’t even have alcohol as an excuse. Anyway, here’s the washed version of the second swatch, seen in the last post.

I really like the 2×2 basketweave pattern on the right more than the staggered 1×1 rib on the left, but it’s nearly obscured by the fuzziness of the alpaca. Also not so close to the row gauge of the Dura-Europos adaptation. So I tried enlarging it:

Then I realized that these two versions, 3×3 and 4×4, would fight the 2×2 rib I’ve settled on. So finally I elongated the 2×2 basketweave by keeping the k2b-p2 pattern for one more row, with only one row of plain stockinette after instead of two. It’s still a 4-row pattern, but instead of this:
R1: *K2b, p2*, repeat to end.
R2: *P2b, k2*, repeat to end.
R3: *K1b*, repeat to end.
R4: *P1b*, repeat to end.
…it’s this:
R1: *K2b, p2*, repeat to end.
R2: *P2b, k2*, repeat to end.
R3: *K2b, p2*, repeat to end.
R4: *P1b*, repeat to end.
And it pops a lot more, even with the alpaca fuzz. See?

Okay, it’s still kinda subtle, but I like that. Here’s a bigger version (158K).

So. Swatching is done. On to the math. Still might be able to cast on by sometime tomorrow!

I tried to take pictures at last night’s WeHo S’n'B, but the camera crapped out. I don’t know why, I’ve only had it six years. That’s it. I ordered a new one. In the meantime, Ellen B. got a bunch of good ones. (Laurie, we missed you!)