Wednesday 16 January 2013

WIP Wednesday 127 : Three to Get Ready


Gilded Tarot









Ermagerd .... Finally .... finally .... finished the purple yarn and the purple shawl: odd how that happened simultaneously, huh.

Seeing as how I have mostly dealt with most of my control issues, I can now have a Plan and a List and not stick to either of them; I can mix it up with the best of the bad boys, like shuffling from the bottom to the top, adding something totally new and extraneous and even - whisper it oh so gently - actually ignore stuff and do something random instead: go me and spontaneity, woo-hoo.

Of course, I am talking about knitting, you knew that, right ? I did say 'mostly', not 'completely' dealt with, remember - baby steps, people, baby steps.

So anyway in a spontaneous fit of random organization (oxymoron ? No, what's that mean ?) I sorted and shuffled my Ravelry queue of Things I Must Make (TIMM). And guess what - I was so free-spirited that now I even have the patterns, yarn and notions for the first three items; the first of which is this lacy cardigan available free from the Patons website:




I shall make the adult version in King Cole Haze DK in the shade 'Evergreen', of which I know Stephcuddles will approve as it is so very very green:




Second is the beautiful Sweet Dreams Shawl by BooKnits, which I shall make using Austermann Merino Lace,



with charteuse beads from the fast and friendly Highly Strung Beads website:



Hard to visualize now, but it will look Fabulous, I promise. There's almost a theme developing, isn't there ? Not to worry, to reinforce just how carefree I am, the third project is this cardigan, from this book:




Which I was fortunate enough to receive from Denise over at Voie de Vie, my fantastic swap partner (and now also my friend) in last year's Blog Hub Swap; I even have the specified yarn, Filatura di Crosa Brilla, a gift from my DH, although in cream rather than the book's pink.

Look at that, isn't it great ? Organized, listed, planned, yet with a touch of whimsy that is not green. So, what have I actually cast on ? This:




I must be off, to revel in my untrammelled-ness, humming this as I go:




Now you too will be humming it as you view all the other lovely things at Tami's Amis ... you're welcome.




4 comments:

  1. That lace yarn is very pretty. The beads too. Thanks for the link to the bead shop as I only ever use Debbie Abrahams, which is good, but it is nice to have the option to choose where to buy from.

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  2. I was just marvelling over all those gorgeous citrus-y greens when I came to that Bunny Pattern picture which is just darling! Your quit smoking counter is also awesome - too bad I can't even remember when I quit. Probably more than 15 years ago now. Just think, I've saved a fortune!

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  3. Green is a great color. I don't see any problems with a wardrobe of green sweaters. :-D

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  4. You crack me up! And I love your greenness, since that is my favorite shade of green, neon, lime, chartreuse, whatever you want to call it. I had my lime green phone case, with my neon cross-body bag, with my chartreuse shirt and a green scarf around my neck today. If the dog had not chewed up my green shoes, I would have had them on! LOL

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