Then and Now, part 2
This year for Christmas, I gave my mom and my sister each a package of yarn. Since they both knit, I suppose I could have just given them yarn and been done with it. The plan was, in fact, to knit for them. Since I had no chance of starting or finishing any knitting in time for Christmas, instead I let them choose what they wanted the yarn to become.
My sister's yarn is this yummilicious Shaffer Anne. Once upon a time, I made socks out of this exact colorway. The socks (finished, unworn, and un-blogged) were casualties of the Great Moth Invasion of 2006. Michelle very sweetly gave me this skein (as well as some amazing STR, on a day that she helped me move! Who has better friends than me?) I stared at it for the entire month of December before realizing that I didn't have it in me to re-knit my socks. However, I love love love this yarn, and knew that if I gave it to my sister I would be motivated to knit with it.
My sister also loved the yarn, and requested a scarf. Socks were too hidden for her. This is great, because I know in my heart that this is too colorful for me, and I only ever would have worn this colorway as socks. But I really wanted to knit Trekking is for Necking. So... (please excuse the crappy picture taken in a bar)
I'm really enjoying knitting this (although I am a bit shocked that I'm only halfway done!) And check out the cool color effect... I'm knitting DNA.
oooh, pretty. so exciting that it will be mine. could use some niceness in my life. thank you thank you thank you. I have the best sister.
-smush
Posted by: Sophia | February 13, 2007 at 06:11 AM
That looks really cool.
Posted by: jackie | February 13, 2007 at 10:23 AM
That is truly the best effect I've ever seen out of hand-dyed/painted yarn. Wow. (And can I tell you how much I love the fact that you take progress pictures in a bar?)
Posted by: Cassie | February 13, 2007 at 10:39 AM
That's crazy! And i mean that in the best possible way. Wow!
Posted by: regina | February 13, 2007 at 11:28 AM
it looks really cool!
Posted by: carolyn | February 13, 2007 at 02:05 PM
Fantastic! The Schafers should give you a free skein for finding this out. Or two.
Posted by: valentina | February 13, 2007 at 03:23 PM
Sooo pretty...
That is the coolest pooling effect!
Posted by: Anne | February 13, 2007 at 11:06 PM