I am in the midst of an over-the-top project with an even more exciting one "in the queue." This one will blow you away.
From now on the first sign of spring for me is Cement and Tulips and Caterpillargreen. How about you?
It's always exciting to finishing something BUT this is doubly or triply (is that really a word? It doesn't look like one!) exciting since it fits into to several of my goals. Before we get into my first sign of spring, I thought I would reintroduce you to Caterpillargreen yarn. I fell in love with this scrumptious merino and cashmere sometime before Christmas, about the same time I fell in love with Tess Designer Yarn. My favorite Caterpillargreen yarn is definitely Cement and Tupils. Cement and Tulips and Caterpillargreen, my new first signs of spring. It is amazing and magical. When you pick the right pattern and get the right gage, you just knit away and this is what it becomes. The color stripes just happen! I picked a Stephen West pattern because quite frankly, I love Stephen West. He puts a little edginess (once again it doesn't look like a real word but I do believe it is!) into each design that kicks it over the cliff. I think this looks great on Lydia. This is the shawl yarn where each color gets bigger and bigger to accommodate the growth of the shawl. You can also get sock yarn where all of the stripes are even. I have never knit a pair of socks but I may just break my vow never to knit socks for Caterpillargreen. I have the yarn. This was my travel knitting for Hawaii. It was perfect! I didn't take the pattern with me (not on purpose) and luckily I didn't need it. It was so much fun to think a color change wouldn't work only to find out it was perfect. HOW DO THEY DO THAT!?!?!?!?!?! Just like Twisted Fiber Art has their dying secrets, I guess Caterpillargreen does, too. Isn't it fabulous to discover a totally unique product that no one else has that sets you apart from all others. It even looks great from the reverse stockinette side. Now Caterpillargreen has come out with Cement Remix which has the same colors but in reverse order so the warm colors are more prominent. This probably won't surprise you but my Cement Remix is on the way. This fabulous shawl lets me add to my "Goal 4: Finish 2 things I have yarn and a pattern for." I have officially completed Goal 4!
I am in the midst of an over-the-top project with an even more exciting one "in the queue." This one will blow you away. From now on the first sign of spring for me is Cement and Tulips and Caterpillargreen. How about you?
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