Little Veronica is turning 3 today. I’ll post a birthday picture tomorrow, but here’s a shot of her modeling my Mother’s Day Diagonal (bottoms up bucket hat). Wow! what a title.
I’m liking it so far. The brim, where the yarn is doubled, is a little rough. I don’t know if I’m going to be satisfied with it that way. The body of the hat, which is single strand, is laying nice and smooth, and looks really good.
I have a new project on the horizon.
Is this not gorgeous? It’s in the current Knitter’s magazine. Nate came home with it a few days ago (I told you he’s one in a million). The stitch pattern is called Lily of the Valley, which happens to be my birthday flower.
I went to Skeins! on Saturday to look for suitable yarn. What a wonderful store! Aside from having beautiful yarn, they are friendly and interested in their customers’ work. I definitely felt doted on, and you should have seen the commotion they made over Olivia and her scarf.
I came home with a ball of this:
It’s Kid Seta, by Madil. It’s a beautiful mohair and silk blend. I plan to swatch it and see how I like it, as if the possibility exists that I won’t. The pattern calls for Karabella lace mohair, which is blended with merino wool and polyester. I haven’t seen it in person yet. In looking on the Internet, it appears that the Karabella would be about 30 – 40% less expensive, but Nate thinks he likes the mohair and silk better, and I already know where to get it. I’m open to any opinions.
June 7th, 2004 at 1:59 am
That shawl is gorgeous…my fingers are itching to knit a shawl similar to that one. I’m glad you liked Skeins. There is another yarn store in Bellevue (on the other side of the mall) but I prefer Skeins because they have all of the brands I love. I live in Redmond and sadly there aren’t any yarn stores around. There used to be a yarn store right across the street from my apartment but they closed a couple of months before I moved in. Thank goodness, Ben Franklin is starting to get in some decent yarn.
June 7th, 2004 at 3:37 am
Happy Birthday Veronica!
I , too, am eyeing up that lily of the valley pattern. It was also featured in an article of Spin-off magazine. Just gorgeous. I’ve only knit with baby kid mohair, no blend, but I love it!! Whatever you chose, it will be luxurious feeling, I’m sure!! Go for it!!!
June 7th, 2004 at 1:58 pm
I LOVE Madil’s Kid Seta (and also Doceur et Soie from K1C2, and Kidsilk Haze from Rowan; I believe they are identical and I have successfully mixed them). Using yarn from all three companies also gives you an incredible color range!
I’ve made some domino scarves using these yarns; you can see photos on my website (Danish Domino class description page) if you are interested.
June 7th, 2004 at 3:42 pm
Uh oh, this sounds like encouragement…. which is exactly what I want! :-). I’m getting really excited to swatch it.
June 7th, 2004 at 11:19 pm
That shawl is gorgeous! I saw it in Spin-Off too. The yarn you’ve chosen sounds heavenly! Happy b-day to your little one!