I Blame Cristi and Aimee
Yes, this is all their fault. See, Cristi took me to Charlotte Yarns while I was visiting her for SAFF. And Charlotte Yarns has beautiful stuff, like the Alpaca and Silk I showed you last week.
Also, like this.
Fleece Artist Scotian Silk (64 wool-35 silk) in (I think) “Madder”.
It’s gorgeous. It’s soft, and springy, and works up beautifully.
Why do I know this? That would be the part that is Aimee’s fault. See, she was telling me about how she was making Sursa (from the Noro Yarn Cornelia Tuttle Hamiltion Book 2), and that she was using some Scotian Silk for it. So, when I decided that I wanted a mindless project for my usual Thursday meetup and that I might even be able to work on it backstage a little… I cast on.
So, yeah. TOTALLY their fault.
January 11th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Hi Pam:
I agree… blame your friends!!! Can I blame them for MY recent handmaiden/fleece artists purchases too? Then… when I go and buy Scotian silk (which I have been avoiding like the plague), I’ll blame you. LOL
It looks absolutely lovely!
cheers
kristina
January 11th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
How dare they make you buy gorgeous beautiful yummy yarn! And then suggest what to knit with it!
Hope you are feeling better!
January 11th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
OMG! So pretty!
Can’t wait to see what it works up like!
January 11th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Holy crap! That far already? I mean, I know the stuff’s bulky but… whoa!
Also, gorgeous. But you already know that.
January 11th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Yeah, but YUM!
January 11th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Considering what it looks like, they did you a favor. Pretty doesn’t even begin to describe how it’s knitting up.
January 12th, 2008 at 9:09 am
but it’s soooooo pretty! It looks so squishy! Love it!
January 12th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Shame on them!!! I mean really what were they thinking??LOL But really that is beautiful!! Dont you just love having friends that enable your passions?
January 14th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Hee. Can’t wait to see the finished product!
January 16th, 2008 at 7:19 am
It’s gorgeous! (The Sursa, not the guy peeking out from under the Sursa). I made a vest from it and Fleece Artist recommended working from 2 skeins at once to prevent pooling. But yours is knitting up well. It was so nice to work with.