This is page 15 of the Spring 2006 Ramswool
“knitting al fresco” catalog. Why did I print
the pic here you are asking? Well because I
seriously want to make this top! What are my
reasons you ask? Well they go like this.
Around my house I love wearing tank tops,
a-line muscle shirts, and the like. I do not,
however, like wearing them outside of the
house without something over them. Now in the early Spring and
late Fall, I just grab a light weight jacket to put on and problem is
solved. But in the Summer….I end up having to change clothes!
So I was thinking that this blouse/shirt would be the perfect sort
of thing to go over the skimpy tanks/muscle shirts.
So why I am telling you all of this? What possibly could I have in
mind? Well, I need y’all’s help. I am not sure just what lace weight
yarns to use! I need suggestions. I have some alpaca that I will be
getting, in a blue and a red but don’t want this blouse out of those
colors. I have listed bellow the yarns that I am seriously considering
and am wanting/needing y’all’s help deciding. NOTE: I will choose
my own colors, it’s the particular yarn choice that I am wanting
help with.
Links For Yarn Options Under Consideration
http://wool.marshillgroup.com/index.cfm?pageID=3§ion=394&prodID=3843
http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/itemid_5420127/yarn_display.aspx
http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/itemid_5420128/yarn_display.aspx
http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/itemid_5420108/yarn_display.aspx
http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/itemid_5420139/yarn_display.aspx
http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/itemid_5420112/yarn_display.aspx
http://www.knitwitts.com/category/Zephyr_Wool_Silk_Lace_Weight/c117
http://www.knitwitts.com/category/Misti_Aplaca_Lace/c237 http://handpaintedyarn.com/index.php?
http://handpaintedyarn.com/index.php?cPath=47 http://handpaintedyarn.com/index.php?cPath=47&sort=2a&page=2 http://handpaintedyarn.com/index.php?cPath=47&sort=2a&page=3
http://handpaintedyarn.com/index.php?cPath=47&sort=2a&page=4
http://www.onefineyarn.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=OFMO
http://www.onefineyarn.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=MISTI
http://www.woodlandwoolworks.com/Knitting/Yarn/Lace/BabyAlpaca/BabyAlpaca.html
I think that I have flooded you with enough options to vote on. There’s no prize, except for my utmost and undying grattitude.
March 30, 2006 at 1:19 am
I would go for something in the last catagory you have posted, something in a pastel color.
March 30, 2006 at 2:23 am
My vote is for the last link in natural or a pastel.
March 30, 2006 at 4:08 am
I prefer Alpaca Cloud or Shimmer from Knitpicks.
March 30, 2006 at 11:09 am
I like the Shimmer the the best! Good Luck.
March 30, 2006 at 5:27 pm
It sounds like you want something for summer wear - and I don’t know what weather is like where you live - do you live by the ocean or something? because it’s hot where I live so something out of alpaca (which is warmer than wool) or wool would be out of the question. I would wonder about something like kidsilk haze - I saw that catalog and thought they were using something like a karabella mohair - like gossamer without the glitz… Anyway of hte yarns you have I LOVE the yarn from handpainted yarn - I have some on the way to me now - not the lace weight, some I will use for a throw…