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:: March 20, 2004 Phildar en Gris
My kit for the Phildar cowl-neck Eponge sweater arrived after a long wait (I didn't realize the shop was far away in Canada!). I love the Spring Tendances magazine -- it'll keep me in sweater patterns for years -- but the Eponge yarn in Clementine ... bleargh! Instead of the subdued, white-flecked soft orange I expected, it's the most vibrant, pure, orangey orange imaginable. It is not unlike the color I chose for the links of this website, #FF9933 to be exact. Clementine is actually the perfect name for it, but if I ran the circus I would insist it be called "Electric Navel." This sweater plus this color ... plus ME ... damn, it'd be so loud you could probably hear it, and it would sound like construction noise, or a crossing guard whistle. I am the victim of a poorly calibrated monitor, I guess. And it's my first internet yarn purchase! Ah ... live and learn, live and learn. I swatched it up and it actually makes the gauge nicely for the Little Black Top in Stitch 'n' Bitch. I abandoned that though because it seems like the front stripe would drown in the terrycloth-boucl\'8e texture of the fabric. So, I will suck up a round of shipping charges to exchange the yarn (except for the one skein my dog got a hold of, probably because it looked like a Dreamsicle). Update: The exchange has gone down. The yarn knits up so soft and spongy, true to its name. It's an easy drop stitch pattern on US 2 needles, and it's going quickly. Update 2: After a couple of do-overs, I kind of gave up. The pattern is very confusing, and the yarn sticks to itself, making the whole endeavor very not-fun. posted by in Knitting , Works in Progress Sorry, comments are closed for this entry. You can always email me through the address on the right sidebar. |
