Tuesday, May 18, 2004

The Whole Box of Crayons!

I was lucky enough to be able to do some stash enhancement last week. 

A King’s Ransom in color!

I’m such a sucker for a pretty face :) Look at all those glorious colors!  I came this close to spreading it all out on the floor and rolling in it.

This is a color run of Classic Elite Sand, a bulky, textured cotton.  There are 22 hanks of beautiful shades, each different.  My head has been playing with what to make with this bright bounty.  My first inclination is a blanket or a throw - something where all the colors can play together and show themselves off.  I have lots of ideas about how to arrange them, but nothing firm at the moment.  I’m still having too much fun dreaming about it.

Texture and size swatch

This color, in my opinion, was the boak of the bunch.  But I was happy to have a hank to play and swatch with.  I suppose it’s possible that I might find a way to work it in - I guess we’ll see :) The swatch was worked on a size 8 circular needle and the fabric was quite nice - very drapey and the texture of the yarn is visually fun and very soft to the hand.  Of course I also had the thought that it won’t matter if the cats tangle with it because it already looks like they did :)

This swatch is being frogged though.  These aren’t huge hanks of yarn - about 75 yards each and I want them to go as far as possible.  To that end, I’m going to work this up a couple of other ways to see what I can do to maximize how far the yarn will go.  If anyone has suggestions or tips, I’d be grateful to hear them :)

Grumpus

Fluffy is not a fan of warm weather and has not been feeling himself the last few days.  He’s lying in one of those little carpeted towers which, you can see, has been well used :) The temp has dropped quite a bit this evening and a thunderstorm introduced itself a few minutes ago so perhaps he’ll perk up a bit.

A final, non-knitting note.  My dad is a decent man and I love him.  But there is no getting around the fact that he is the quintessential Puritan right down to the very bedrock of his soul.  As you probably know, the possibility of gay marriage now exists here in the Bay state - at least for a while.  This is anathema to someone like my father who is upset, disgusted and (I think) frightened by the very idea.  This isn’t a topic we can discuss because our feelings about the issue are very strong and, of course, diametrically opposed.  So when things changed on May 17th - which happens to be Dad’s birthday - I couldn’t help but feel a bit evilly gleeful :) Yes, I am a wicked child :)

Happy Wednesday, all!

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1. Tee hee! Even all hot and bothered, Fluffy is still adorable! What a great picture!

   Posted by Christina  on  05/18  at  11:23 PM
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2. Love Fluffy grumpyboots - what a face!

   Posted by Pamela  on  05/19  at  08:16 AM
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3. Heh - Yes, when the Fluff-monster’s unhappy, it sticks out all over him in big, ugly lumps.  He seems to be doing a bit better this morning.  Now, if his pig of a son (Goldie) would stop shoving him away from the food bowl!  I swear, sometimes I’d like to hang the young’un up by his tail :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  05/19  at  08:37 AM
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4. Evilly gleeful? or Gleefully evil. Either way, you have the right. ;)

   Gosh - what color! Where on earth did all that come from? Can’t wait to see what you make.

   Last, but never least, I love Grumpy Gus. Since the warm weather hit here all Emma does is lay around on either the cool tile in the front hall or the cool bricks in the back room. Poor thing’s fur is made for 30 degree weather, not 90!

   Posted by Bron  on  05/19  at  08:42 AM
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5. Ahh - Emma has Fluffy’s sympathy.  Has she also got the furry stuff between her toes?  FLuffy really was designed for cold weather and snow walking.

   The throw I’m envisioning should be simpe and will probably consist of either 11” x 11” blocks, or 5” x 26” strips.  Maybe both?  Still playing with ideas :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  05/19  at  09:08 AM
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6. Yes, wicked indeed (though I smiled at that too...so how wicked can you be really?) The mind boggles at the potetial with your box of crayons.  Maybe a rainbow sweater for your dad?

   Posted by Stephanie  on  05/19  at  03:31 PM
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7. LOL!  Wouldn’t that be fun!  Except that Dad, bless his stodgy heart, doesn’t wear colors outside the brown-navy-grey range.  Too bad too, because his own natural coloring would support bright colors wonderfully!

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8. Yep - furry between her toes. In fact, she needs to go to the doggy day spa soon for a fluff & a trim. :)

   Posted by Bron  on  05/20  at  08:10 AM
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