MDS&W Pr0n - Week 2
So, while we were making a run back to the car with load #1 of stuff on Saturday of MDS&W, we paused at the Brooks Farm booth. Cristi was eyeing the sock yarns, Jas was schmoozing with a woman she was talking to about carrying her yarns, and as I was looking at the baskets, I spotted this:
The loveliest tonal greens, in a beautiful wool and silk yarn with fabulous sheen, and soft as can be - Brooks Farm Four Play. I reached under the rack (it was in a basket on the opposite side), and snagged one. Jas started laughing as soon as she saw my hand - she said when she saw the hand reaching for the green, she knew it was mine. Apparently I’m predictable on that front.
So, I have 4 hanks of this (just over 1000 yards). I was thinking about a Clapotis, but since I’m already making a ribbon one (you’ll see that yarn soon enough), I’m thinking maybe something else. If you have any suggestions, speak up!
May 25th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Cozy! I think it would be perfect for that pattern.
I have some Harmony I got at Rhinebeck which is green and brown (there was nothing like it at MD) and I still don’t know what to do with it. I’ll be watching your comments closely for ideas. ;)
Hope your Memorial Day weekend is fun and relaxing!
May 25th, 2007 at 9:26 am
And that stuff is so soft! Of the 5 skeins I got of the peachy color I’m thinking cardigan maybe?
May 25th, 2007 at 9:34 am
very nice!!!!!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Hm, I wasn’t blown away by Brooks Farm like everyone seems to be. Maybe I wasn’t fondling the right stuff.
Ummmm…what to make? I say stash it and wait til it “speaks” to you!
May 25th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Oooh, that yarn is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Just lovely.
I cannot wait to see your ribbon Clapotis. I have been searching online for photos of the Clap with ribbon yarn and have had little success, but I imagine it would be beautiful.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Four Play is awesome. I did a scarf in it, in a brownish colorway…a modular scarf. A clap would be pretty too.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
I love those greens–I always think of short cardi patterns when I see solids.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Brooks Farm is so wonderful. I have last years Stitches stash still sitting in my stash..
May 26th, 2007 at 12:13 am
Just gorgeous!! Looks so soft and squishy!
May 26th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Me likey, I love the variations in shade.
May 27th, 2007 at 11:43 am
It could just as well have been my hand, were it not that I live on the other side of the world.
May 27th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
IT looks great. It’s a nice grassy green. Kind of like wheatgrass. Yummy.
May 29th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I love wool and silk blends and the green is perfect.
May 29th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
A one skein wonder with sleeves and tie wraps, with a picot edge ;)
May 29th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Love the color of your four play. I’ve got a couple of variegated skeins (different colors), and I’m also stumped as to what to do with them. Could you pair it with something else to make a sweater? Perhaps that’s an excuse to buy more!
May 30th, 2007 at 10:56 am
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