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2/20/2004 7:13:55 AM
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benne
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I received my modest (yeah,right) order of Zitron Samoa and it is fabulous. The colors are true and so vibrant and the yarn is silky smooth. Of course, I was just getting ahead of the summer tops game, you know, planning ahead and all that. Besides, we are all called on to get our stash level up so Marion and Christine C feel better about their treasure troves. Now, when March gets here will I be able to contain myself? That little temptress, Ann, is going to end up reducing me to picking up soft drink cans for yarn money. Hmm, not a bad idea but I don`t think I can do it while knitting. And at the rate my stash is growing, I should stop sleeping and knit 24/7. :}
Benne
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2/20/2004 1:15:29 PM
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MacChick
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Oh, I`ve been drooling over that same stuff, too!!!
The last time I had my hands on mercerized AND GASSED cotton was Elba, last year at this time, and all I could get was one ball, and it was unbelievable stuff, like silk, way better than Kolibri even, and I`ve been saying for a year that I will get lots of nice cotton for a particular project I have had on hold, and the problem is always that I can`t get the same cotton in all the colors I need... and here comes this yarn with SO MANY colors... sadly, unbelievably, there was no just plain purple... I need a "crayola" purple, a light purple, and ditto for blues, and a sage green and a grass green, a bright crayola yellow, a crayola orange, and a red, as well as a pale peach or something close to that for the background neutral. And I just never find all those shades in anything but kitchen cotton, which pills so horrifyingly badly that I have sworn off any cotton that isn`t mercerized forever and ever (but I may break that for some of the denim)... and last year`s Mama Mia and Sonata were beautiful... but not quite all the colors I needed... and this Zitron looked to be even better... oh for a plain old crayola purple and a lighter purple... I love this kind of cotton soooo much! Maybe I should just find a way around the purples... no, I really need them... why is it I always end up saying, "I`ll just dye it," knowing my dye experiments are always a disastrous mess that just wastes whatever fiber i was trying to dye...
Yes, can collecting is possible whie knitting... you rig up a thing similar to a pooperscooper, but totally foot-operated, so you can just walk up to the cans and kick them into the scoop, whilst knitting along with a ball of yarn pinned to your shoulder like the great-grammas of the olden days on their way home from the pastures and watering holes...
Stop Sleeping? Of course you should!!!! Why ever are you wasting precious knitting time on sleep???!!!??? Good golly, you`ve only got but this one lifetime with this partiular stash, girlie... "So much yarn, so little time," as they say...
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2/20/2004 7:27:45 PM
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benne
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Now you`ve got me wondering, what in the world are you making with all those colors? I thought there was a purple and lighter purple when the yarns were first listed, maybe just not your shades. The colors are MUCH more vibrant than the samples show. They are intense! I cannot get over how silky this yarn is. Of course I got scarlet and crimson, sunflower, emerald and alabaster. The colors just glow. Maybe the March cotton madness Ann has planned will have just what you want. In the meantime for anyone wanting DK cotton, this is some great stuff. Gotta go, I`ve got to make my rig to hold my eyelids open so I can knit 24/7.
Benne
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2/22/2004 5:53:00 AM
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MacChick
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All those colors are for another of my daughter`s requests... each of the basic crayola colors, plus each one`s one-shade-lighter complementary color.
What are you making with all the colors you got?
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2/23/2004 6:39:03 AM
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benne
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I`ll make summer tops, probably Cabin Fever and I got a Classic Elite Unlimited Possibilities multi-gauge pattern that has short-sleeve and sleeveless tops. It gets very hot here in the summer and I like simple, clean lines for the summer. Somehow they feel cooler. I can`t wait to see what Ann has cooked up for March cotton. Maybe Bets will find some blends suitable for her climate and you`ll get those elusive colors for MacChicklet.
Benne
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2/24/2004 12:03:20 AM
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MacChick
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Yea, the March yarns and beyond... the whole "Endless Summer" collectin... the talk of linen has me VERY curious, to say the least!
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