So needless to say I immediately fell in love with Fleece Artist's gorgeous colourway called, you guessed it, Mermaid. Actually this was my favourite colourway for a long time, but then I found out the name & if it is possible, I loved it even more.
That pic up there is actually my first plied handspun (from Fleece Artist's merino sliver), snuggling up with my Imogen sweater-kit-in-progress. Am I a tad obsessed with this colour? possibly.
Oddly, I am not usually a "blue" person, but this blue is so rich, and the intermingled shades of green, brown, and purple make this colourway reminiscent of the colours used in some of my favourite Emily Carr paintings of the 1930's, like this one or this one.
I am ridiculously pleased with myself over this handspun. I used a shoe box, and empty tp rolls to ply this yarn, and it is now my life's goal to procure more of this colourway in the merino sliver... in fact, I would even be delighted to get this colourway in the silk/merino blend sliver... Also, there is some nice Mermaid BFL sock yarn that I am planning to purchase one of these days too...
Is it wrong to have one of every type of knitted item in this colourway?
I won't wear them all out at once, I promise!
~Nessa
Your handspun is gorgeous and so is that Imogen!! I really want to make that sweater one of these days.
ReplyDeleteBeatuful color combination.
ReplyDeleteI don't think is wrong and if you want to wear all at the same time i won't judge you, it really looks very nice.
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