Wednesday, February 21, 2007

So that would be Knitalong Wednesdays, then?

I meant to knit the Cabin Cove socks yesterday, really I did, but I utterly and completely forgot. So, I knit a few rounds on them this morning while I was sitting in front of my light box. I'm knitting both at the same time, toe-up. I started them toe-up because I was a little bit worried about running after yarn. And everytime I sit down to knit on them and look at those little balls of yarn, I'm a little more worried that I will run out of yarn. Especially when I think about how huge the first pair of socks was that I knit for him. So, my current plan is to do an afterthought heel. I've never done one before, but I'm thinking it can't be too hard. My reasoning is this: if I run out of yarn before finishing, I can make the heel and the cuff in a different color of yarn and it will look like I meant to do it that way.

I am contemplating buying more Cabin Cove yarn--one of the lace cakes. I have a wedding I'm going to where I'm going to wear this dress:

Me and John on our anniversary last year

(Please do not lecture me about wearing black to weddings, I don't have the money to buy another dress right now). I want to make one of the simplest patterns in Victorian Lace Today (a center panel of faggoting with a simple knit-on border--don't look at me like that, it's what they call the stitch!) to wear with the dress to the wedding. I'm thinking of buying either Pink Fire or Just Pink. I was originally going to go for the knitpicks alpaca and silk blend laceweight in a fushia, but then Dave updated his site and I like Dave: he seems nice, he has a pretty kitty, he shows pictures of Boston on his blog, and I'm doing this here knitalong, so why not? But, I'm hung up on which yarn to get. I just fired off an email to Dave asking his opinion (because I'm sure he has nothing better to do than give me fashion advice, yeah right), mostly because I'm always concerned about the appearance of the yarn color on my screen. I'm leaning heavily toward the Just Pink today (yesterday it was the Pink Fire, tomorrow I'll probably be back to Pink Fire). If I wait too long, it'll be sold out, I'm sure, and then I'll be up a crick without a paddle (crick = creek in midwest-speak). So, dimmi!* What do you think?

*That's Italian for "Tell me." My Italian professor used to say it all the time in class and I've been thinking about it a lot lately. We have a new post-doc from Greece and her accent sounds very much like Southern Italian and she's always saying, "Tellll me." Makes me long to visit Italy again.
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  1. mc7811:49 AM

    At least you know how to get past the gusset portion of a sock. BTW, isn't there already a shawl to go with your lovely dress? My vote is for hot pink, but I'm a hot pink fiend.

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  2. Anonymous12:30 PM

    I like them both and I think they would both look nice on you. Yeah, I'm helpful. *L*

    Ask Dave about the peasant/afterthought heel. He talked me thru them last year.

    Oh, and I think tasteful and appropriate are far more important than color at a wedding... assuming you're not wearing white, of course.

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  3. Anonymous4:20 PM

    My .02 is to go with the pink fire... because the other one looks to be a more solid color. The pink fire looks more tone on tone pinks. With the fineness (is that a word?) of the yarn, I think it will play across whatever you do instead of just being pink.

    / going home now :)

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  4. Kristen6:06 PM

    I also like the pink fire.

    If anyone gives you crap about wearing black to a wedding, send 'em to me and I'll smack 'em for you! I really think the only taboo on color these days is a pure white outfit that is not on the bride.

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