As The Yarn Turns

Katrina, Katrina, what do you want to be?

I'm not sure why but I've always been fascinated by look and texture of Patons Katrina yarn. I've never really had a project in mind for it, it just seems like it should make a nice "something". So I couldn't control myself the other day and bought a few skeins, enough for a summer top, in the color sherbet.

I've got to diverge a moment here. A while back when I was getting my hair done, the person doing my hair had just got back from a class and was doing everyone's ideal color. Mine came out as orange. ORANGE?! I've never even though about wearing anything orange. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike orange, I just don't consider very often. He tried other colors but everyone shook their heads and said "Nope, orange is the best". Anyway, I figured it was just a fluke until I bought the Katrina. I was holding up skeins of yarn to face and letting Rick judge them. You guessed it, he picked the orange (sherbet) one. So I'll try to add a little orange and orange-related colors in my wardrobe from now on.

So, back to the Katrina. The hard part is trying to decide what to do with it. I thought about the cover tank on the Spring/Summer 2004 issue of Vogue Knitting. I was afraid with the stretchiness of Katrina, it would end up stretched down around my waist. I picked up a little Patons Classics Elegance booklet on sale and thought about making the cross-over short sleeve top from it. I also thought about using it to make the vest from The Knit Stitch. The top in the Patons booklet just didn't hit me right after a while. I swatched for the vest in "The Knit Stitch". The swatch gauge was right on but the fabric just didn't seem right, so the search continues.

Time has been zipping along. I hadn't realized it had been this long since I've updated by blog. Between trying to get a new version of software out at the office and working on an online store, it's been keeping me busy. I have managed to work on my socks and spin a little blue-faced leicester. I love the blue-faced leicester. Whenever I can't decide what to spin, I pick up some blue-faced leicester. It has a nice texture; it's easy spin, and I find it comforting to spin.

 

by Sydney  |