Fiery?

• Posted by Kamicha on February 13th, 2008 filed in Project Spectrum

Okay, I searched my stash for fiery findings and guess what.

Pretty lame, isn’t it? I guess that those bright or deep red shades just don’t belong to my palette. And I have decided to mainly bust my stash during this years Project Spectrum, so there is no fancy yarn shopping at sight. So I’m considering a very broad definition for the colour pink and aim to use at least half of these in the first section of Project Spectrum.

Allthough the yarns are somewhat bland coloured, they are otherwise gorgeous. That peachy pink is Kidsilk Haze. Very dusty old rose coloured, almost brown cakes and cone are Colourmart fine cobweb weight cashmere silk blend. That cone contains a whopping 5500 m (6000 yards) of yarn - even knitted four strands together that should be well enough for lacy tank top that I have in mind. Cool pink and natural with very slight pinkish undertone are both Colourmart DK weight cashmere silks. That natural should be enough for Wenlan Chia’s Chelsea cardigan. I have no plans for that strawberry milkshake coloured yarn, though.

When I’m planning new knits from stratch I allways sketch something, just to get a clear idea about the construction and actually see the proportions of the non-existing garment. Those sketches are seldom pretty, I might use some ballpoint pen and margins of magazine in a hurry to get knitting.

On the other hand, I have a love for ink and I have promised myself to sketch more thoughtfully. Fortunately not all my ink bottles were dried in their unused state, when I rushed to them after photographing my “fiery” stash. Just one minute of very generous sketching and now I have a plan for that pinky-peachy Kidsilk. I will make a very light oversized coverup, long sleeves with lace sections. That would blend nicely my wardrobe without being overtly romantic.

That is still far from thoughtful and neat. And it took 10 minutes to clean the floor after sketching…