More yarn! This box directly from the lovely folks at Blue Sky Alpacas.
It's soft and thick and amazing. 400 yards of their Worsted Hand Dyes, in midnight.
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Turns out I was right about the colorwork. After a few exhilarating hrs, it became apparent it's just not meant to be right now.
For a few hours, it was like crack and I'm not sure I'd have even stopped to pee. Then I realized I didn't love the motif I had going - I needed something a little more delicate -- I think -- and this particular one was about 4" high and medallioned. Not what you want around your hips, no? Pretty, but also pretty big...
And yes, Carol, I needed a little green or blue as well, so I frogged it back. Frogging 3 colors in fair isle sucks, by the way. All twisty and tangly and annoying. It was enough to get the whole thing put back in a bag till next fall. Maybe it will come out a little before then, since I did like the crack part when it was all going so well, but it's definitely not getting knit this week.
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Instead, I'm taking this squooshy purple experiment, making a few mods to it, and turning it into a pattern for the Alpaca. A little more on the instant gratification path, a technique I know I get along with, and -- waaaaay easier to frog, should I mess things up.
It's soft and thick and amazing. 400 yards of their Worsted Hand Dyes, in midnight.
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Turns out I was right about the colorwork. After a few exhilarating hrs, it became apparent it's just not meant to be right now.
For a few hours, it was like crack and I'm not sure I'd have even stopped to pee. Then I realized I didn't love the motif I had going - I needed something a little more delicate -- I think -- and this particular one was about 4" high and medallioned. Not what you want around your hips, no? Pretty, but also pretty big...
And yes, Carol, I needed a little green or blue as well, so I frogged it back. Frogging 3 colors in fair isle sucks, by the way. All twisty and tangly and annoying. It was enough to get the whole thing put back in a bag till next fall. Maybe it will come out a little before then, since I did like the crack part when it was all going so well, but it's definitely not getting knit this week.
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Instead, I'm taking this squooshy purple experiment, making a few mods to it, and turning it into a pattern for the Alpaca. A little more on the instant gratification path, a technique I know I get along with, and -- waaaaay easier to frog, should I mess things up.
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5 comments:
oops on the frogging, sweet on the fibers!
I came across your blog and beautiful designs just recently..but I've already made the cranberry cocktail. Yummy! As soon as I finish a late gift, I'm going to start one of your patterns, which I've purchased already. So glad to have discovered you.
I love what little fair isle I have done. It is completely like crack when I'm working it. Like making a picture, but it 100 times faster than doing the same thing in double knitting. I love my dk, but it is not the speedy knitting I want it to be.
The Calvados I'm currently knitting (and almost finished with!!!) is purple, but not squooshy. So, squooshy and purple sounds like a great next knit. :)
That blue BSA stuff looks divine! A commissioned design??? And the purple sqooshy experiment...I'm quite intrigued.
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