Across The Muddy River

The River Stole

The river stole was knit in an angora, merino, and polyamide laceweight yarn. It was bought a while ago and was milled in an Italian mill but I don't more details than that. I bought it because I loved the dusky pink and I was promised that it was lovely and soft, and would be even lovelier and softer after washing. Can you tell that I'm a salesperson's dream?

Now for something retro

It's hard to be a productive knitting when travelling. I did however managed to finish some socks. The socks on the bottom are more representative of the colours on the skein.

I've finished this for a while but I didn't want to post them and spoil the surprise. The recepient had admire them many times, stroked them many times in my presence and when I slipped away to pay for some patterns, I arranged to pay for the yarn and the skeins were slipped to me, before I left the shop. It was a very covert operation and I think no one sussed out the amount of guile required. If the Liberty security guards were to review the security tapes, it would had probably looked suspicious, but I did have the receipt to prove that I'd paid for it ;-).

Retro Rib in muddy colours.

Now the retro rib worked really well in this stretchy regia and I made it selecting colours that the recipient liked. While the colours are indeed harmonious, they are not colours that I like. In fact, these colours look very muddy to me. The colourway is called skater and this is the regia stretch (a safe choice if you've any doubt about size of recipient's feet, since it really, really stretches.)

Retro Rib in muddy colours.

I did enjoy working these socks but I do wonder what is it with colours and why some people like some hues with a passion and others despise those same shades, with the same passion. I might hasten to add, I don't despise these shades and together and it's very apt for Cumbria knitting. The browns echo Hadrian's wall and mud that one must get with all that rain while the blues echo the sky and the lovely waters in Derwent.

Now I hope that the recipient likes them and that they keep her tootsies warm.

And next up the plate?

Something really girlie of course ...

In Debbie Bliss wool cotton.

This is the beaded cardigan from Debbie Bliss's Special Knits. Aside from the babies being gorgeous, the designs are really nice. I'm making this for a friend that is expecting early next month.

Posted by atu at July 19, 2005 11:12 PM