That's better

I'm in a much better mood today. For this, I blame Charlotte. More than one blogger has compared Koigu to heroin, and it's creepy--but I'm getting it. Not that I have any experience with opiates or anything, but there was something relaxing and satisfying about sitting down with my koigu and knitting. I think this would be my dessert island yarn because I could knit everything from socks to lace with it.

I'm almost done this poncho. I'm trying to decide on the length. I keep taking my shawl and holding it up to my body trying to decide how many repeats I'll do to finish it. Because lace needs blocking, there's no way for me to try it on and see if it fits, so I think before I bind off I'll add a lifeline so that if I do need to lengthen it, it won't be horrible.

I'm also trying to decide what the final colour will be. If you remember this photo, I have two balls of the blue and green that I've already used, and I still have the ball with the pink in it (on the right).

You're all a wonderfully opinionated crowd, any suggestions on what the last colour should be? A repeat of the blue or green or should I go crazy and add the bright colour. It will predominate the shawl, so it's an important decision.

I cleared a few must-do's off my list, so I'm feeling less swamped (not that I don't have a ton of things to do). As for Grace, she's still hanging out in the basket, maybe I'll get to it this weekend, but as long as there's koigu around, that's doubtful. I'm musing about using my leftovers to copy this amazing sweater. I might not have enough leftovers yet, but that doesn't mean I can't get more...

Comments

[Nancy]

I think you should go for the bright colors. It will be very jazzy then. i think more blue and green would somehow end up somehow sedate (if you can use that word at all with these beautiful colors).

I noticed a while back you mentioned that you plan on making Devan. I've been toying with hosting a knit along for it. I frankly don't know that there will be enough takers, but I was wondering if you were game. I won't be starting until mid to late June so don't worry about all the things already on your plate! There would be plenty of time to start.

[Uli]

I absolutely love the bright shade on the right so that would be my choice!

[sequinK]

Looks fabo! I vote for the bright finish as well.

[Jocelyn]

I think the crazy little bright orange orpahan is what you should use
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[pubah]

It looks wonderful - I vote for the orange. It will look great. I may have missed something though. I think the choice of doing this as poncho is brilliant. How did you decide how much to cast on at the outset? Did you look at Charlotte I and eyeball how many pattern repeats? Measure the pattern repeats and estimate how wide you wanted your neck. Lame querie, but would love to know your thinking.

[Steph]

I used the bright orange at the top (because I knew there wasn't enough for the bottom).

I went for the one on the right. It looks great so far.