Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Because you can't clean toilets in cashmere

As I've mentioned many times before, I try not to discriminate. I am willing to keep an open mind. I buy yarn of all fiber content, and that does include man-made fibers.

So yesterday while playing around with some things, I stumbled across some Caron Simply Shadows that I had purchased to make a shrug (free pattern on label). I thought this would be a cozy shrug for watching TV during the winter. However, it sort of got stalled, as there's some issues with the pattern (the sleeve increases are waaaay wrong and you will end up with monkey length sleeves if you follow directions). So it got tossed back into the closet to deal with later...

However, I just couldn't get into the groove of the pattern. I still like the shrug, and the yarn is soft and I love the color. So what else could I do with it?

Rambling Rows Jacket in Simply Shadows
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How 'bout the Rambling Rows Jacket? This is one of those patterns that every knitter should have. It's a classic fall back quick project... either for a fast baby gift or for an easy charity project. It ranges in sizes from child to adult and you can do a lot with it (a good use of left overs and odd balls).

I don't have enough to do the entire sweater in the Simply Shadows, so I'll be using the solid Autumn Red for the sleeves and the button band. Since I'm limited on how much of the Simply Shadows I have, I didn't try to match the colors. That was 100% by accident (now if I had tried to do that, it wouldn't have looked right).

So a fast, easy project that will be great to wear around the house this winter. As much as I love my wool sweaters, I don't do housework in them. I want cheap and easy care (and easy knit) for around the house.

Thanks to everyone that left comments about the Natural Beauty Fair Isle. I think my neutral feeling on it has to do with it being 8 years in the making. Matt really does love it and maybe with some distance it will grow on me. Considering that I did his Son of A.R.A.N. in about 3 weeks and the Fair Isle took 8 years... it might just be a taste thing on my part (heehee).

1 Comments:

At 10:22 AM , Kate said...

Oooh. My favorite colors!

 

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