Tuesday 2 August 2011

Yellow jersey

This is a little late, but everyone who crossed the finish line for the tour de fleece got a yellow jersey button.


I have ideas for some of my tour yarns, but this one in particular I am stuck on.


It is superwash merino, I think I have about 225m and it is about commercial fingering weight. I had intended it for socks, but I think it is a little underspun for that, plus I love it a lot, and while I do love socks (a lot, you know this!) I think it would like to be some kind of scarf/shawl.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I am thinking a small triangle style shawl, I tend to wear my travelling woman shawl bandit style with the point and two tails at the front so something similar as I am not sure I can carry off the full shawl thing.

3 comments:

  1. That is such a fabulous color ... and so neatly spun! My spinning is still really uneven.

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  2. If you really can't decide what to do with it, I will happily give it a loving home ;) It's gorgeous.

    I think a shawlette would work perfectly, I agree that it is suited to being on show more than socks would be (unless you're me, in which case everyone in the world gets shown my handknit socks!)

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  3. Oh, so pretty (it doesn't look over spun)it will make a lovely shawl!

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