What to make?
Jul 24th, 2009 by elle
This is another of those ‘I bought myself a frustrating dilemma’ posts, but this one is about the yarn I bought from that huge sale the other week.
I bought myself five 100g skiens of a dusty rose pink (though I’m considering going back and swapping this for a set of white that was there) merino wool. The yardage works out to about 1250meters, so enough to make a not overly complex jumper, or a vest of any sort, or maybe a cardigan. But now I don’t know what I want to make, and it is really annoying.
There are a few patterns that are standing out, and I think the pattern should be something with some detail, cables or the like, because the yarn is all the same colour so it would show up well. I don’t know about an entire jumper, because the yarn feels like it might be scratchy, so maybe a vest so it goes over another top? I don’t know! Gah! So frustrating! 
The patterns that I have been considering are as follows, a jumper by the name of Terra, a cardigan by the name of Faery Ring, but I would have to buy more yarn for that one, a jumper by the name of Kelper, and a vest by the name of GreenDay…
What I love about the Terra pattern is that it is very pretty and flattering, and I love the hood. I love Faery Ring for so many reasons, the Celtic cables, the hood, and the name! I think the Kelper pattern has a lovely Celtic cable on it, and I like the simplicity of the garment, and it is also flattering, and the GreenDay vest is also very pretty, but not sure if it is as flattering.
I’m going to ask my fiancé and see which he likes better, and I think I will go swap the yarn for the nice white stuff. 
I just think I will end up wearing it more often if it is in white. Drum roll please… he likes… the Terra pattern the most! Woot! And he thinks trading the pink yarn for white is the way to go, too. 
Okay, now I’m set!
Today’s knitting pattern has to be something completely different, so how about absurdly cute? Sounds good? Yeah, this is just that, how gorgeous is that top photo of a baby in the the Brown Bear Baby Beanie?