Destiny
One of my favorite yarns is an aran weight from Blue Moon Fiber Arts called Twisted. According to its product description, it is a 4-ply with 3 strands of regular merino and 1 strand of superwash. The superwash tends to take the dye more intensely, giving it a little candy cane stripe effect. It is really not noticeable when knitted, though.
My first experience with it was in the Valkyrie colorway:
Valkyrie knitted up like this:
Taking stock of my stash, I realized I have a lot of dark worsted and aran weight yarns. Of course, there is nothing wrong with dark colors, they are simply what I wear most; however, I had the envies for something different. So, Sunday found me drooling over the colorways back at Blue Moon Fibers. I fell in absolute and total lusty love with Sunstone:
Late that night a couple of people got an email from asking: "Do you think I can wear this?"
Laura came through with an "Absolutely!"
But, I decided to sleep on it.
The next morning, I was still smitten, but decided not to do anything about it.
Who says I don't have self-control, anyway?
Tuesday morning I had decided I was not going to order anything unless or until I had the perfect project in mind.
Mid-morning found me firing off another email or two essentially asking: "What do you think of this in this??
I was referring to this pattern in the Sunstone:
The lovely Sherrie was all in with me.
The delightful Laura was a bit skeptical of the pattern, but owned the one-liner of the day: "Get the yarn. That we know for certain." Okay, actually, it was a two-liner, but you get the drift.
Still trying to exercise some restraint, I decided it would not kill me to sleep on it for another night.
This morning, my desire has only increased. So, as soon as I put the skeins in my cart, a thought struck me.
"Didn't I order a single skein of Twisted Star Sapphire sometime last year?"
A quick glance at the stash confirmed it.
Yes, there was a single skein of the lovely stuff languishing. I adored the color, but it was only one skein, and I hated to waste it on a hat, cowl or mittens I was never going to wear. Apparently, I was too selfish to part with this little lovely.
With a sigh, I added two skeins to the cart, knowing they would not be a perfect match to the one I already had, but alternating skeins and such, I would just make it work.
Before I could change my mind, I placed the order and clicked over to Ravelry to update my stash.
As I told someone in yet another email this morning, apparently, I am a creature of habit.
This is the link to the stash page with the Star Sapphire I bought last year. Notice anything interesting about the purchase date?
November 2, 2010.
Today's date: November 2, 2011.
Destiny...
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
Besides, Santa always needs a little help when it comes to Christmas and me, right?
My first experience with it was in the Valkyrie colorway:
Valkyrie knitted up like this:
Taking stock of my stash, I realized I have a lot of dark worsted and aran weight yarns. Of course, there is nothing wrong with dark colors, they are simply what I wear most; however, I had the envies for something different. So, Sunday found me drooling over the colorways back at Blue Moon Fibers. I fell in absolute and total lusty love with Sunstone:
Late that night a couple of people got an email from asking: "Do you think I can wear this?"
Laura came through with an "Absolutely!"
But, I decided to sleep on it.
The next morning, I was still smitten, but decided not to do anything about it.
Who says I don't have self-control, anyway?
Tuesday morning I had decided I was not going to order anything unless or until I had the perfect project in mind.
Mid-morning found me firing off another email or two essentially asking: "What do you think of this in this??
I was referring to this pattern in the Sunstone:
The lovely Sherrie was all in with me.
The delightful Laura was a bit skeptical of the pattern, but owned the one-liner of the day: "Get the yarn. That we know for certain." Okay, actually, it was a two-liner, but you get the drift.
Still trying to exercise some restraint, I decided it would not kill me to sleep on it for another night.
This morning, my desire has only increased. So, as soon as I put the skeins in my cart, a thought struck me.
"Didn't I order a single skein of Twisted Star Sapphire sometime last year?"
A quick glance at the stash confirmed it.
Yes, there was a single skein of the lovely stuff languishing. I adored the color, but it was only one skein, and I hated to waste it on a hat, cowl or mittens I was never going to wear. Apparently, I was too selfish to part with this little lovely.
With a sigh, I added two skeins to the cart, knowing they would not be a perfect match to the one I already had, but alternating skeins and such, I would just make it work.
Before I could change my mind, I placed the order and clicked over to Ravelry to update my stash.
As I told someone in yet another email this morning, apparently, I am a creature of habit.
This is the link to the stash page with the Star Sapphire I bought last year. Notice anything interesting about the purchase date?
November 2, 2010.
Today's date: November 2, 2011.
Destiny...
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
Besides, Santa always needs a little help when it comes to Christmas and me, right?
Comments
I think that pattern will be good on you. I'm not sure about the yellow color; but I am sure it won't be wasted. Just a few weeks ago I was actually trying to decide if you could wear yellow, or what shade of yellow you could wear. I believe I had seen a pic of someone who I thought had your 'coloring' and they were looking quite pretty in something yellow. (Now I want to find what it was I had seen.)
Bought the sunstone because I lust for it.
Bought the blue because I love it!
I know I can wear the blue.
Hoping I can wear the orangey-yellow.
No, none of it will be wasted.
; )
Hope you are having a good week!