Yet Another

While I actually finished sock #1 of the Flatiron Clog Socks last night (except for kitchner'ing the toe), I have started yet another small project - anyone here surprised?  Yup - I thought not.

My friend, Sharon, who I used to work with and is a card-carrying member of the Obey The Blondes club (long story and maybe ya had to be there, but suffice it to say.... we have T-shirts), wanted a pair of mitts and a scarf.  Now, she's not a pink kinda gal, but she wanted something warm and pink-ey.  Like sandstone, or stucco.  Nothing too girly-girl.  But pinkish and in lace. 

So after several attempts at something that even remotely resembles THAT verbal description, I dyed up this concoction:

Which looks kinda like this when knit up:

See?  It's got a couple of different browny-pinkish colors going on in there, plus a sort of rosey-brown thingy.  This is dyed up on the super-soft Italian-milled merino/tencel blend I've got in the shop.   

And I'm knitting it up in the Orchid Lace Mitts pattern, another lovely design from The Other Anne of Knitspot.

I'm actually a little less far along than this picture would indicate.  I got so excited, I forgot to cast on extra stitches for the thumb, so I have a lovely tube with no space for the thumb, but it's only a few rows back and I'll just undo the panel of stitches that I've already knit for the thumb, add the extra stitches, and rework those few rows without having to monkey around with the back of the hand panel. 

And then on to the scarf, which I may take with me to the Moab ride next weekend, since I no longer have to drive by myself and will be a passenger with 4 hours of commute time on my hands.

All for now.....

Comments

[anne]

oooh, i love that new yarn!

[Cookie]

Gorgeous color! Well done.

[Mary Lou]

Lots o' riding and lot's o' knitting! Who's going to be in trailer for Moab?

[Punkin]

I like that color very much. I seriously want some of that.

[Trish]

Hmm....I'd like some of that color also (hint, hint). It's lovely-a nice grown-up pink.

[Marcia Cooke]

Beeeyouteeful! Love the color! Happy riding!

[Sheepish Annie]

The perfect pink! I tend to struggle with getting the pinks right in the dyepot. It's the brown that really tones it down and makes it more sophisticated, I do believe. Too bad I can never seem to remember that when I'm mixing dyes!

[Kim]

Pretty pretty yarn......that is one of my most favorite of Anne's patterns!

[Judy]

What a pretty combination. I started mitts yesterday to take with me the train today.

[Margaret]

It's a perfect not-girly-girl pink! Sort of sunset pink rather than flower pink. Looks wonderful in that pattern too.

[Kristi aka Fiber Fool]

I am so not a pink person, but I think I could do that one! I love the undulations of undertone in it!