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    Easily Influenced

    By Susan | November 13, 2008

    I’m spineless. I couldn’t ignore the urging of Dawn and Octopus Knits.

    Plus, I sat down to start Mr. Martini’s plain, boring grey scarf last night, and was immediately bored to pieces.

    Which means, I ordered some high-end designer yarn today to make a striped scarf for Mr. M: Noro Silk Garden, which is know for it’s long color runs and gorgeous texture. I figure I’ve been very, very good this year, and so has he, so we both earned some nice yarn – for me to play with, and for him to wear.

    I’m starting to second guess my color choices though. Here are some terrible internet pictures of the yarn I ordered:

    and

    The other photos I’ve seen of the first color show less pink and more muted browns. But really, once I see it in person it could look completely different.

    I guess I have to wait for the mailman to deliver to find out for sure. Hopefully I’ll get it by the beginning of next week. We’ll see.

    Topics: Knitting, Stash Building | 1 Comment »

    One Response to “Easily Influenced”

    1. Dawn Says:
      November 13th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

      Dude, it’s Noro. You could see it in person, order it, and it’ll still look completely different. There can be a lot of variation. However, I think it’ll be good, esp when combined with the other colorway.

      Silk garden will be an awesome yarn – it softens up a LOT when you block it, so don’t be alarmed when you first get it :-) I have a sweater knit from it that I wear against my skin with no problems. My only complaint is that it’s WAY warm – but that’ll be good for scarf :-)