I have a dream
On Friday night I dreamed of yarn.
I’d been given a skein as a gift. It was a small amount, but oh so light and pretty. Laceweight, with a slight halo (alpaca perhaps?).
The colours were bright rainbow ones – a rosy red; tangy orange; sunshiney yellow; rich, grassy green; bright bright blue; and vivid purple.
It wanted to be something. It took me a while to work it out, but it wanted to be this shawl:
Simple Yet Effective Shawl
And just as I realised that I woke up.
I’ve been thinking about it since then, and almost, almost bought a skein of brightly coloured Noro Kureyon sock yarn in This is Knit on Saturday. I didn’t though, as I’m working through my stash as much as possible at the moment, I’m not nuts about small triangular shawls and I don’t wear bright colours on the whole. I don’t want to knit it in duller, more me colours, and I can’t think of anyone I could give it to. All common sense says no.
So why can’t I stop thinking about it?
Seems like destiny fights dirty :) Lol I say knit it and see what solution comes about.
19 Apr 2009 at 5:46 pm
Oh you have to knit it, there will be a reason I’m sure:)
19 Apr 2009 at 7:25 pm
it will continue to call out your name…maybe you need a dreamcatcher…
20 Apr 2009 at 7:29 pm
Simple but effective is a super pattern. You can just keep going, use bigger needles and it won’t be that small a shawl at all. By the way, there is a ‘pay for this’ simple but effective and a ‘free’ one from the same website – they are the same pattern, just so you know!
Make it, make it *chants*
21 Apr 2009 at 4:13 pm
Because it is calling to you! It did the same to me! There is no escape once it has you in its orbit – you will be sucked in until you succumb!
P.S. I wear mine lots with a shawl pin like a slightly large triangular scarf. It’s not a shawl at all – too small. But it makes a great scarf!
23 Apr 2009 at 10:11 am
darn yarn dreams… :o)
25 Apr 2009 at 2:27 pm