Yarn people

Yesterday AH and I took the hour long drive, in glorious weather, to Madison to visit our favorite yarn people, Briar Rose Fibers.  The Madison Knitting Guild was hosting a Knit-In (featuring the Yarn Harlot as guest speaker) and Chris had a booth in the vendor area.  She was kind enough to set aside a few yarns that would work for the NEW BABY!!! and I never pass up an opportunity to fondle the Briar Rose goodness.  There is no question that I am romanced by yarn, my house will attest to that, but purchasing yarn from wonderful yarn people is as good as it gets.  I adore Chris and her hubby who stands by patiently while Chris and I hug and gush.  I decided on a lovely green/rose combination because we both agree that the baby will be a girl.  If not, I will save it for the next girl in line.  I also snatched up some Celebration, Wistful....and....this wonderful colorway of Grandma's Blessing.  I took about 20 pictures to come up with a good representation of the colors in one skein.  It reminds me of the twilight sun shining through a northern pine forest.  Now that Serenity is complete (more on that later) I am going to take this lovely Grandma's Blessing (so LOVE the name) and knit an easy shawl for myself.  The first ball is wound and I will cast on today.  After going cross eyed with charts on Serenity, I am ready for a little simple knit and purl. 

And there she is, Serenity, all finished and blocking.  Hard to see a cream blanket on a white blocking board so click to see larger.  I realize that blocking an acrylic blend is a lesson in futility, but look how fabulous it is!  I keep going down and touching it and gazing in amazement.  This is, by far, the best thing I've ever knitted and the project I am most proud of.  I am a little sad that, being an acrylic blend (Berocco Comfort) it won't block out the detail, but I fully intend to make another. There was nothing about this project that I didn't love.  The yarn, which does tend to split, was soft and a joy to knit with and the pattern could not have been better.  Well written with fabulous charts.  I used stitch markers to help make the pattern repeats easy to see and placed the pattern in a plastic cover using a wide strip of blue painters tape to keep track of what row I was working on.  Can't wait to take all the pins out and see what happens.  The waiting is the hardest part!

Final, after blocking picture.

Comments

[Carie]

Just utterly beautiful, Holly. The blanket AND the yarn.

[wenders]

Lovely!