Jon's Knit Blog

The Funny Thing Is...

So a lot of people seem to have something to say about the Colinette yarn I recently purchased for BGWA. And as has been clearly demonstrated by most of the project photos in this blog, I really have a passion for vibrant colors. So I'm really rather astonished that no one has had anything to say about the fact that, given all the gorgeous colors created by Colinette, I went and purchased the all Ecru throw kit. In fact, all the yarn I purchased at Knit A Round is in shades of Ecru, so it was an extraordinary purchase for me.

But I have my reasons. After all, they're all for bridal purposes. The yarn I now know to be a lambswool/cashmere blend from China, as well as the Kid Seta, these two are for bridal shawl purposes on behalf of my sister, so color is not quite the right thing there, and as for the AbFab Throw Kit, I think that the Ivory kit makes a really elegant wedding present. I'm thinking that the scallops pattern from their book is the way to go, by the way... this is a modified feather and fan pattern. (And I'm quite pleased to see that the price I paid is less than the one I found when I did a websearch to track it down. I do think, upon examination, that if I make another one of these, which is 95% likely since Anne has threatened me with the curse of the AbFabAfghanAddict, it will be in the Rhapsody in Blue colorway.

Have no fear, though, I have not merely been finding Colinettey links for you. I did get some knitting done. I made it through 6 rows on PPD last night, and I'm getting dangerously close to the front/back separation, at which point it will grow much faster. The thing about this pattern which will suck, though, will be picking up the stitches around the front edge. The pattern calls for having over 300 stitches on the needle, which have to be worked in seed stitch, then two rows of k1, sl 1 wyif. Then the stitches have to be alternated between two needles before a kitchener stitch bind-off is executed. That may not be the only thing getting executed around here... But I really do want to finish PPD before I get too involved in anything else. I've been having a very tough time not playing with my Colinette, though...

In other news, I have my summer vacation dates approved now from work (Augst 3 - 22) and the United Kingdom is looming in my horizon, largely because I want to visit Zach, the soon-to-be one year old son of my first cousin, which makes him either my second cousin or my first cousin once removed. Either way, he's an astonishingly cute baby and he looks super gorgeous on the blanket I made him, which was, I do believe, my first F.O. It's a honeycomb garter stitch blanket in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. And the most gorgeous baby ever, no?

So when I'm in England, I'm thinking of making my way to Wales. I head that the Colinette mill shop is quite the experience - and that one can get one's hands on yarn for quite the lovely price at Ye Olde Mill Shoppe... Anyone with any personal knowledge?

Posted by Jon at April 18, 2004 10:27 AM