The next blanket, #206, turned out to be rather nice. It has darkish colours, red with brown, green and grey. In reality the blanked is darker than the pictures. It is the regular stripe of Rowan Magpie aran that makes it. I would call the shade rust, but I found that it is called ginger. The royal blue mohair doesn't look out of place either. I have a lot of mohair in this shade, and I don't like it much. Perhaps it will be possible to find a good place for it after all.
The yarn that stands out a bit, but not too much, is from an unravelled John Lewis sweater, in lilac Johnston chunky cashmere. It adds softness. I was afraid that the yarn would be too thick, but it works. The sweater is knitted in an interesting cable pattern with a circular yoke, but not in the round. I bought it cheaply in a charity shop, it fitted well and I wore it for several years.
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