Burnt orange, brown and mustard yellow have always been my favorite colors. That is they WERE my favorite colors until i moved to Austin, TX: land of the UT Longhorns with the team color of burnt orange. Burnt orange coated, no SATURATED that city and i wanted nothing to do with any affiliation with a sport team, so i quit wearing burnt orange. Luckily i moved! Now i live in a town with team colors in….. ORANGE! haha. Ah well, it’s Fall and i’m wearing orange, darnit!
I picked up some lovely batts of pygora fiber at this summer’s Black Sheep Gathering and spun it into a lovely three-ply yarn. I’ve finished my husband’s knit hat in time for the cooler weather, and it’s not quite Christmas knitting crunch time (though in reality, it probably already is) so i’m knitting myself something. Despite never having worn a cowl, or knitted lace – i’m combining both into my current experiemental knitting project. Doesn’t this yarn just scream autumn? I think so.
Read more about my knitting adventure and get the “pattern” for achieving this lacey look over at today’s Pocket Pause.
Are you a knitter? Do you rely on patterns and charts, or do you ever just wing it?
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I would have to say I am kind of both in terms of knitting. I sometimes pick a pattern/chart that I find interesting (or think would be a good FO for myself or someone else) but more often (lately) I find myself winging it or creating my own patterns. Lovely fall colors by the way, awesome looking hand spun too.
Thanks! I’m really enjoying working with it – though i’m noticing that those little ‘over twisted’ sproings are somewhat itchy. Live and learn!
I do both, too. Some things I want a chart or pattern, but others (anything I’ve done once) I tend to follow my own logic pathways.
Love the 3-ply yarn you spun. It is so beautiful. And it looks nice and soft and warm in your photos.
I’m with you on the burnt orange thing here in So. TX. Even though I’m not in Austin, I see the longhorn image and burnt orange everywhere. When people see my burnt orange water bottle or my burnt orange cell cover they holdup their hand with the longhorn sign and say “go Longhorns” and I reply with something about cattle or lean meat and really throw them off.
hahaha – awesome, Emily.
Do you use a lazy kate for plying? or balls? skein winders? or do you ply using andean plying? I’d forgotten about andean plying until just now. LOL. I used to LOVE andean plying, but it doesn’t give you much variegation in the yarn.
You just blew my mind…. i had never considered using my swift to ply from, but that is totally an option! And one that could really help free up some bobbins. I always leave the yarn on the bobbins, put them on a lazy kate and ply from there. i’ve never used the andean method, but have heard good things.