Not sure if it helped the summer cold I'm fighting off, but it sure did help my spirit to spend the day at the beach on Monday. It was just a flawless day with emerald water, great breezes and waves. Good for the soul and also several hours worth of beach knitting. Made much progress on Mom's ribby halter but it still looks like the boring 3-3 ribbing it so far is, so no pictures till I get to the good parts.
But here are the long-delayed results of two major raids on my local yarn store. From the left, a toasty golden Suede (Berrocco) for the Rowan Lola poncho and some icy white Debbie Bliss cotton DK for same. Then in the center is a really unusual ribbon yarn from Artful Yarns that gives the illusion of being Eros-like but is actually a 3/8" ribbon with two parallel rows of multi-colored checkerboard colors running the length of the ribbon. Not sure what I'll make of it, but probably a tank or skinny, cap-sleeved top.
And then to the right (and also below for a more realistic take on the color) is an extraordinary nylon and polyester yarn from an Italian company, FFF. The yarn is called Jolliet and is a curled ribbon with one bound selvedge-like edge in a constantly changing contrasting color. Really lovely though very short yardage (47 yds/. And it knits up super bulky, 10 sts. to the inch. It's a deep ruby red color with a green to gold contrasting edge. Much more beautiful than it sounds. The orange colorway (picture next time) is even more striking and lovely.
So there you have it. Close ups in the next post.
Ooo... Debbie Bliss and Suede! That's going to feel amazing!
Love your diving pics, by the way. I'm with you, I'd ooo over the big and bright guys.
Posted by: Bethany | June 09, 2004 at 03:12 PM