winning cashmere
December 28, 2011I entered a blog give-away, I always do, never win, but this time, can you believe I WON! Something so gorgeous and extravagant, two beautiful skeins of medium gray fingering weight 100% cashmere yarn hand dyed by Laura Schickli of Handwerks. It's beautiful. I wish you could feel it, sooooooo soft.
The pattern I choose for this needs to be very special. I'd like it to be around my neck and shoulders, so I can feel it and touch it constantly. I can't wait to get started on it. I'm looking at Lisa Mutch's Uncommon Clouds designs. Perhaps I'm influenced by the color, but aren't they simply beautiful?
I'm also thinking that maybe something lacy would be pretty. I have 400 yards of fingering weight cashmere yarn. Do you have any ideas? I'd love to know what you think. This will be my first time knitting with 100% cashmere and you can imagine I want the perfect project!
Thank you Laura for the wonderful gift. I've used the lovely Handwerks yarn before, a silky merino blend when I made Exposed, pattern coincidentally by Lisa Mutch, and I love it.
I think the yarn is perfect for Nimbus above.
but I also love Askew.
I'm also thinking that maybe something lacy would be pretty. I have 400 yards of fingering weight cashmere yarn. Do you have any ideas? I'd love to know what you think. This will be my first time knitting with 100% cashmere and you can imagine I want the perfect project!
Thank you Laura for the wonderful gift. I've used the lovely Handwerks yarn before, a silky merino blend when I made Exposed, pattern coincidentally by Lisa Mutch, and I love it.
7 Comments
What a lucky win! The yarn looks amazing, and I'm sure it feels divine. I don't have a new suggestion, but of the 2 you picked, I especially like the Askew. I think it'd look unusual and striking even when your arms are at rest and not stretched out to show the detail.
ReplyDeleteCashmere and a beautiful shade of grey.... I would have a hard time deciding what to make as well. Can't wait to see what you end up creating.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! How lucky you are! I really like the Askew shawl :-)
ReplyDeleteWow! Congrats! Askew is beautiful! A shawl is a great idea, its going to look beautiful and elegant!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Kristen. They are wonderful and you are so lucky.. I wish you all lucky days..
ReplyDeleteOooooh! I especially like Aestlight by Gudren Johnston http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aestlight-shawl and there are lots of Stephen West http://www.ravelry.com/designers/stephen-west designs that would work as well.
ReplyDeleteI love Aestlight! I also love Stephen West designs and think Blue Whale would be a good one for this yarn. Thank you for reminding me of him!
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