Yesterday my mother came in to Natural Stitches with The Preschooler in tow. (And to those who were in the store, I'm so sorry if you weren't amused by Steven and a small child playing KABOOM! in the chunky yarn section. They are apparently BFFs now.) She'd asked me last year for a small black shawl, but we both agreed that we didn't want to do it in a "flat" solid black color. We'd originally planned on Socks that Rock Rauen, but when she saw my finished Hederas, she thought the color was too brown. After much consultation, she chose Madeline Tosh Sock in Oxblood for a small Shetland Triangle. It's a Mother's Day present. Surely I can cast on for a Mother's Day present?
A few weeks ago, my mother, mother-in-law, and I went to Phipps Conservatory to see the Spring Flower Show, where I fell in love with this color.
I've been thinking about making a "Wandering the Moors" shawl in this gorgeous Road to China Light for awhile, and when we got in this new pink colorway, it seemed like the perfect match to the flowers that had been dancing in my mind. The sheen and halo of the fiber seems appropriately textured while the dusty pink acts as a homage to the early Victorian sensibilities of Jane Eyre. But I'm not going to cast on. Nope.
Then just this week, we got this new color of Dream in Color Smooshy in. I have pink on the brain. But no, I won't cast on.
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Oh, my. You do have pink on the brain.
Casting on the Shetland Triangle for Mum would be good. It is a mother's day present, after all. And you can't be expected to cast on after Maryland because you'll be casting on 449 stitches.
i had a blast playing kaboom lol
Yurg... I seriously don't know how you work in a yarn shop and have any amount of self-control. I'm pretty positive my husband would have to check me into rehab three weeks into it.
Lovin' those pinks, and that's saying a good deal for me... I normally despise it.
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