First, having frogged the ill-fated first try at the center-out back of the shrug I'm playing with, I'm back on something like track. This is far more like what I meant.
I'm still struggling with the colors, but believe that either I'll find the perfect dye to over-dye cotton, and miraculously save it in my own eyes, or I'll find a perfect victim recipient who actually likes the camo look.
And then, since frogging bulky yarn seems to take so little time, I had to do some more to make it feel right. I solved that by making an unfortunate guess as to which size needles I should use to cast on the cowl I'm hoping to whip up for my mother before she gets here Friday. I took the yarn and some needles to the girls' band concert, and got this far while waiting for THEIR band to start....
It's not bad, really, it's just a bit to dense, and thus does not have the drape I was hoping for. The yarn does do yummy crispness of pattern though:
My only issue with it is that I'm starting to want to keep this delicious color for myself. It's far darker and more saturated than the picture on-line showed. I must will myself not to claim the yarn for fingerless mitts for me.
ahem.
Must. Knit. For. Mom.
I'm casting back on tonight.
Well you can always order another skein of that color... :)
Posted by: The Divine (though blogless) Elizabeth | December 01, 2010 at 07:05 PM