'Murderpigs' Colourwork Cardigan

This was for the Redacted Renegade Games back in 2014.

Old-school LSG will know but for background: Ravelry was going to run a community event where people compete in teams to make different types of projects, kind of like the [redacted] Games that happen every 4 years, and with a similar name. Then the actual [redacted] Committee got in touch and said ‘use our name and we’ll sue you’ 😒. hence the Redacted, both for the knitting event and this blog (can’t be too careful!!).

I don’t usually take part in things like this but someone came up with team name MURDERPIGS and I thought WHAT IF NOT SKULLS AND CROSSBONES BUT PIGS AND CROSSBONES?? And this design came to be.

It worked out quite nicely although I didn’t quite anticipate the difference in gauge of the colourwork sections and the plain; possibly should have switched to smaller needles, or maybe held yarn doubled? Or extended the pattern further but; effort.

Pattern: improvised

Yarn: Jamieson’s of Shetland Shetland Spindrift in Black, Eucalyptus, Blossom, and Natural White

I also made a logo for the event… can’t remember if this became the official one for our team or if I just did it for funsies, but it still makes me laugh. The pig is Tweasel, my World of Warcraft hunter’s faithful pet boar. While I’ve since (mercifully) quit WoW, I still miss this squealing girl. 🥲