Our wedding colors are charcoal, Martha Stewart Mint Gelato (still not over it) and papaya, not a speck of blue in sight (Except, the sky...I hope. I am determined not to be a crazy bride, because it is just one flipping day in the 2,555 we have already spent together, nevermind the future, which is supposed to be the whole point. But if it rains...oh lord...)
Despite all this, I am totally in love with blue right now.
I am knitting two Fibre Company related sweaters and a hat, all in shades of blue. Both sweaters are destined to be Kelbourne Woolens patterns, and the knitting has been pure pleasure. (Really people, I am not just saying this because of the distributorship, get your hands on a skein of Fibre Company yarn -- any of the 4 -- because they are all a treat to knit with).
The hat is for a super exciting project...I'll let you know more when I get the go-ahead.
Even a sweater I thought was white actually has a million little tweedy flecks of blue in it. The tweed is Kathmandu Aran (not an aran in the same way Scottish Tweed DK is not a DK...sigh) and I am making the too-stinkin-cute Owls sweater. My gauge is totally different than the original pattern, so I am using my custom plug-in and go sweater numbers and knitting on it when I reach a point in the other projects that require more thought or math or daylight or swatching than I have the time or brain for. I have one sleeve done in under a week, sharing about equal time with the other three projects. Either my brain works far less than I thought, or I have had a bunch of knitting time lately.
I plan on steeking it and doing more traditional side shaping on the sweater, too. All of these modifications have nothing to do with the quality of the original pattern -- the yarn was recently acquired in a fit of desperation (the color is discontinued and so stinkin pretty) and seemed like a perfect match for some owls (Snowy Owls! Hah!) and I own 1 pullover and about 50 cardigans, so a cardigan was an obvious choice....And I already had about 6 or 7 sweaters worth of worsted-aran weight tweed in my stash so there may have been a little bit of guilt involved in the casting on.I am on a clear sweater kick (Of course. Just in time for spring) and happy to be back in the game. And it is nice to have a little change of scenery color-wise and find a place in my heart for blue. Especially when working with something so beautiful.
5 comments:
those are some gorgeous blues! can't wait to see how the sweaters turn out.
That purpley/blue is totally gorgeous!
And I hear ya on the cardigan / pullover imbalance.
I'm sorry you are feeling blue (all puns intended). Maybe head in the purple direction and work towards some pink and red after that to balance out the cool colors?
Though I have to agree with sublininalrabbit that those are some lovely shades.
I would love to knit all those gorgeous blues - my favorite color.
I had a similar aha moment last month with my clothes - just about everything I own is blue.
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