Another walk round the 'hood to find some winter mojo. I'm trying.
The great big sweater skein wound! Last week Rebecca brought her suitably supersized (and aesthetically pleasing) swift and ballwinder to SnB for me. It made a spectacle, set up as we are in the window area of a downtown sandwich shop. Once the wool bits stopped flying, I had four very nice large cakes , the table had a fuzz covering and one knitter (blogless Irish Ann) had a sneezing fit. All in a night's work, right?
Turns out my theory of the sweater skein, that it would be almost monochrome, was waaay off. The colors shift from a deep rich red, through dusky dark raspberry , to dull rosy shades, and one of the cakes has apricot undertones. Does it sound like a wine tasting? Maybe. I don't think I'll need all this yarn, the apricot-ist one may be left out or end up on the ends of the sleeves. Francis is coming along nicely. If not solidly.
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I love the feeling of "beginning" a new project. Hope it comes out absolutely fabulous!
With such rich yarn, how could it not?
I love the colors of that yarn. I can't wait to see how it knits up.
very gorgeous yarn!
Maybe you should wear the sweater to a wine tasting then? LOL
The yarn certainly looks gorgeous. I look forward to seeing it in knitted form.
Those shades of wine are gorgeous!
I love the colors in that yarn--so deep and rich!
Francis seems fairly simple...is it really? I bought yarn to make my first sweater and I can't wait to get started.
That yarn is beautiful and your picture of the hood is pretty.
Hah! The same thing just happened to me. I bought a huge skein of Newton Farms sock weight yarn at a fiber festival. It's variegated...autumn colors, greens, off-white, rusts, yellow. Well, half of the huge skein has more green than rust. I crocheted a triangle shawl with all of the greeny part of the skein and then trimmed it with the rusty part. It looks good!
I like your idea of saving the apricoty colors for the sleeves or trim!
I think I would have a hard time starting a project with that yarn. The colors are so fabulous, I'd be tempted to just pile the cakes on the coffee table and enjoy them as art...
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