After finishing the lime green waistcoat, I felt at a loose end without a serious knitting project in hand. I had a few ideas floating about – and a fill-in project, but I needed to find a more serious project upon which to focus. I have plenty of yarn in my stash to work on squares for another hodge podge – that is the fill-in project. But the idea finally settled that I wanted to try to knit another cardigan. So I set off in search of a nice bright red Celtic Tivoli Aran (CTA) yarn. Alas, this year’s CTA yarns do not include that nice bright red they had last year, or maybe it was the year before. In fact, none of the CTA colours called to me at all. How disappointing. I was about to leave the store (and yarn stores are thin on the ground here in Dublin), so I wasn’t sure what I was going to do. But joy – another bin of yarn caught my eye – a Sirdar Eco yarn, undyed, 100% wool and made under licence in Germany. Nice warm earth tones. Get that idea of red out of my head and switch gears.
Eco yarn, natural colours
So here I am. I’ve cast on 86 stitches for the back, finished the ribbing, and am about to introduce a few rows of white – and who knows, maybe some of the left over lime green. Watch this space.
By the way, grandaughter Ashley – if you are reading this blog – I haven’t forgotten that you and Caitlin want me to knit dresses for you. I have a good pattern – now I just have to find the right yarn.
Other topics – the lawn bowling season is due to start soon, and in anticipation the Lady Captain’s dinner was held on Saturday night. At our table the talk turned to our tastes in reading. The name of Barbara Pym came up – well, I was the one who introduced it. In our group of 6, only 1 other knew of this author, one of my favourites. I warmed to this person – anyone who is a fan of Barbara Pym qualifies for friendship. Either we are of similar age or similar literary tastes, or both. And Barbara Pym, like Agatha Christie, is certain to have characters who knit.
Janet's thread 