Last week I dyed two colorways of a new (to me) yarn. I often do that when I want to see if I’m interested in offering it for sale. I play with it; checking to see how it takes color and how it knits up. This yarn is a tencel / merino blend. I love the clothing I have of tencel, and I love merino. So far, I am liking this yarn, too. It has a lot of shine. Not a good or bad thing, just something that needs to be considered when planning a project.
I like to think that I make decisions, that I choose the projects that
I move onto. I like to dream, too. Most of the time, my decisions are
based on what is at hand; convenience and chance. I figured that this yarn would be great with beads. When I went shopping, I came home empty handed. Nothing that I found matched with what I had in my head. Sometimes it happens that way. No beads. I looked for patterns and finally decided on Rosemary Hill’s Muir. I would use the darker purple. I went online and downloaded the pattern. I looked in my knitting bag for the skein that I’d been carrying around with me while I was looking for the beads, and it wasn’t there. I’d need to go to the barn to get another. It was cold, -12 or so, and it was dark, around 9:30 pm and blowing. I had no interest in getting bundled up to walk through the snow to get yarn. There was, however, a ball of the periwinkle on my desk. Not for Muir. That’s when I remembered that I had a copy of Sivia Harding’s Diamond Fantasy Shawl in my briefcase. (I carry around a few very special patterns in my briefcase, in case, for times like this.) It has been there for more than a year waiting for the right
time. Waiting for a cold night when it would become "perfect".
Just so you understand… this is what it STILL looks like on a bright and sunny day. A day in the 20’s, a day when I want to be outside.
My deck. In the front it is 4 1/2 ft. above the ground.
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13 responses to “the folly”
DFS is going to look very good in that yarn. Do you really have stuff in your briefcase? Patterns?
You will be thawed out in July. We still have snow in our yard.
And I’m complaining about 30s and 40s. At least you’re prepared. The new yarns are gorgeous!
Great combo, yarn and pattern. I’ve been carrying a couple patterns around too, no match-ups yet.
It is only March, after all – but I can totally understand your spring fever! Lovely combination of the yarn and that pattern. It’s on my to-do list as well.
Great marriage of yarn and pattern. I have a love-hate relationship with that pattern- it was 3 years when due to my knitting inexperience I got hung up on rows 25 and 26 with your colorway Gourd. I should go fish it out of the WIP pile and pick it up again with fresher eyes.
Convenience and chance works for me!- so does the yarn and pattern you selected, the shawl is looking lovely already…
wow, you have a slooooow melt going on…
The yarn is splendid. The shawl is a perfect pattern for it. The cold totally, utterly, frigidly sucks!!
Despite your initial concerns, both new yarns photographed really well—in skein and project form! Shine-wise they only slightly compete with the ice glaze. Go for it!
That’s a great combination. I love the shine of the tencel.
I think that yarn was *made* for the Diamond Fantasy pattern. It’s a perfect match!
Shimmering diamonds — perfect!
I love that you think you are really choosing the patterns and determining your course and then it turns out, not so much.
Your choice of yarn and project are beautiful together. The yarn has a wonderful sheen.
That yarn is gorgeous!