This is a sort of close up of the lace work, but again, the yarn is not this pink. It is much more dusty purple and navy blue, with just a hint of pink here and there.
There are a minimum of two, and possibly three projects impatiently waiting in the wings.
Firstly, I have a friend with a birthday early in August (thankfully she is not a blog reader), and I am knitting her a pair of socks. They will probably be in the Pennlyn pattern from Wildhorse Farm Designs, and knit with Claudia Hand Painted Yarns in the Grape Jelly colorway. My friend is a self-proclaimed "lover of ALL things purple", and this should fit the bill. The photo does not do the yarn justice at all. It appears almost fuschia in the photo, and in real life it is almost a solid grape jelly purple with a hint of lighter purple here and there that is not quite lavender. As this colorway is already screaming hot, I will probably add beads at the cuff to finish the electric look.
Next, I want to knit at least one, and two if possible, Christmas stockings for my two nieces. I am using the Holly pattern from Annie's Woolens. I have knit a ton of socks, but never a Christmas stocking, and I have no idea how long this will take - that is where the concern for knitting one or two before Christmas comes into play. If all else fails, the eldest niece will get hers first, and the youngest the following year.
Initially, I had ordered some Wool of the Andes from Knit Picks for the stockings, but I just couldn't feel the love for that yarn. The colors were off, and it just did not feel like anything that the kiddos would keep and treasure all of their lives, as I hope they will with the new yarn. With that being said, it's not my fault that I had to go out and forage for more yarn yesterday... There might have been one, two, or possibly six (ahem, but who's counting) skeins of sock yarn that followed me home this weekend in addition to the new yarn for the stockings.
The sock yarn is Claudia, and from top to bottom the colors are: John B., Butter Pecan, and Jungle. To the right is the yarn for the stockings that I got this weekend. The hunter's green and ivory are from Galway, and the bottom wound hank is Cascade 220 in The Heathers line. Per the Yarn Shop and More, Galway and Cascade 220 are "the exact same yarn". The Yarn Shop and More even claims that they are made in the same factory. I have never heard this, but there a ton of things that I have not heard...
5 comments:
*snif* I'm just so proud of you for having mercy on those poor, homeless skeins of sock yarn. You should be lauded for your marvelous generosity.....ahem.
The Christmas stocking is going to be fun to watch!
The shawl looks great - nice new additions to the family too :)
Look how far you've come from the knitter who could not possibly buy more yarn until the WIP was completed. Ahh, I'm taking another soul down with me.
http://numenna.blogspot.com/2007/06/on-shawls-are-new-socks.html
Hi Terri!
the above is a link to the same shawl. I didn't even see it in the magazine, the color was too boring or something. When I saw the above pictues,however, I wanted to do it right away, but there are so many things I'd like to do, it has to wait. But you are the lucky one and are almost done with it. It's looking great!
I don't know what I'm admiring more - the lovely shawl or the new additions to the stash!
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