artfibers, I love you

Here's how it starts. [Excuse the nasty photoshoppies. My camera refuses to accurately capture purples, so this is my best approximation.]

Left: Golden Siam, color 37 [a deep bluey purple]
Right: Gypsy, color 4 [a purple that goes from palest lilac to medium purple with hints of red]


[this picture is unretouched -- and pretty color accurate, too. weird.]

[I've jonesed for Gypsy ever since Jillian designed this wrap for Knitty. It's amazing stuff...feels like multiple layers of silk hankies shredded into strips and twisted a little. I wonder how they make it?] It was a bit too cutesy-purple for me on its own, but adding the deeper purple Golden Siam made it just right.

I'm knitting it into an opaque fabric [but it still flows nicely], one strand of each, on US 10 needles. Here's the ribbing:



And here's what it'll look like, sort of, one day:


I've shortened the overall length to match my own height and may not do a double cuff, since the fabric is pretty thick already. Then again, I might! I've also changed the 1x1 rib to a 2x2 and am not knitting it on smaller needles as the pattern prescribes. There will be no ass cupping if I can help it!

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Also purchased on this trip, FABRIC. Yes, fabric. Don't faint.

I couldn't help myself. Right next to Knit/Purl in lovely Portland was Josephine's Dry Goods. They had Amy Butler fabric in the window and I just went in to look. And came out with ITALIAN LINEN instead.



The fact that I suck at sewing clothing didn't stop me. The linen is soft, thick and reminded me of the house we stayed at in Montalcino [the house belongs to the owner of C&C Milano, a company that makes Italian linen...every couch and bed in the place was covered with the stuff!]. I couldn't leave it there. It was also a mere $53 for a whole jacket's worth.

I hope to show you a finished jacket sometime soon. It will likely involve bribery and grovelling. I'm fine with that.

Oh, for those that wish to know, the pattern is from here. Lots of cool patterns on the site, actually.