A splash of colour

Some of you may be aware that I have a reputation for only liking colours that certain people might consider to be 'dull' such as greys, beiges, black and muted colours. Now I disagree with that somewhat and have been leading a battle over the last couple of days to dispel the idea that I don't like bright colours. I do, in fact, like them quite a bit, I just don't tend to wear them much as I don't think that they look particularly good on me - and I like to get all the help that I can to look my best.

On Saturday I wore the following Kukuxumusu T-shirt to meet with some of the Rowanettes:

This is a lime green tshirt (the photo does not do it justice). Jacinta has a picture of me wearing it for the record. So there.

I am also making Kim Hargreaves' tank top 'Flighty' for myself. It's from Rowan 23 although it also appears in Kate Buller's 'The Knitter's Bible'. I have already knit the version with the eyelets in it for my sister but the eyelets are placed placed in such a manner that the reveal more than one might wish them too. Have a look at the picture below and you will see what I mean.

So that version of Flighty has now found a new lease of life in Knit Happens as a shop sample.

But, not to be defeated, I have started on the other version of the top, which uses 'make 1' instead of 'yarn over' for the increase which means no holes... Here's the Rowan version:

This new version will be in muted summer colours which I really like. I enjoy knitting with the Rowan 4ply cotton and the pattern is quite soothing and easy to follow. I feel as though the end result looks as though one has put in more effort than was actually the case. Which is absolutely fine by me. So here it is on the needles:

I have to admit that I am already thinking of frogging it - I think that the colours should possibly go in another order. If only I had thought that through first (I did actually but now that I can see it on the needles, I am not sure that it looks as good as I had hoped). The red, it seems to me, should surround the pink instead of the other way around. I am still debating what to do and so have put it down for a little bit.

Look what I was given the other day:

It is so so so soft. The kind of soft that makes you want to stroke it and not put it down. My Rowanette-and-Globetrotter friend Jill went to Norway and brought me this yarn back as a belated birthday present. I love people that help keep my birthday going for a bit longer:)

There are 3 balls of Baby Silk Alpacca which is 80% Baby Alpacca and 20 Silk and it is gorgeous with a beautful sheen and one skein of cotton. Now I see the makings of a lovely scarf in there so please let me know if you have any pattern suggestions as lace scarf patterns are rare in my pattern collection. Apparently the lady in the store where Jill bought the yarn said that it would need to be knitted with the cotton but I am open to either option.

Posted by Amelia at August 8, 2004 07:23 PM | TrackBack