Let's start with a little eye-candy. We had a few cool, damp days around here, and the roses took it as an engraved invitation to spread their petticoats a bit. Aren't they lovely?
And here's the bamboo and tencel top I knitted during the conference. I got the beaded part of the top done before I got there, and after the armholes, it was just knit2, p2 untill you can't stand it any more. I had one skein that was redder than the other two, so when I had a ball about the size of an egg, I started alternating rows with the yellower skein. Worked out quite nicely, didn't it? Teresa dyes SUCH nice stuff!
Embiggen to check out the beads. They're SHINEY!
ooo, pretty. switching the skeins like that really made the color shift look deliberate - good thinking! (the roses are gorgeous too!)
ReplyDeleteooooo... so pretty... what a nice shape, too!!! (And the roses look so wanton! Love them!)
ReplyDeleteFancy, pretty, like you.
ReplyDeleteThe top came out great and the beads really add some panache.
ReplyDeleteYour roses are beautiful. Wish they weren't so temperamental to grow here in the heat.
Very nice. Love the color.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is simply gorgeous. I not only love the beads, the colour is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteDo hope it is for you!
So, I'm sitting in my living room in the blue chair while I'm reading this post and I notice the book title UP FRONT, the book sitting just behind the roses, a little to the right. I turn my head to the left and check out my row of books. Yup. UP FRONT by Bill Mauldin.
ReplyDeleteLove the top! OOOO! I want to make one like it!
The beads are a great addition to the top. I'm not much of a bead person but they really accent the top of the sweater.
ReplyDeleteOh, I LOVE this. It's worked out beautifully, particularly the way it goes yellow and green at the bottom but looks darker at the top. Well done you! Bet it looks gorgeous on. And I'm glad you had such a good, instructive time at the conference. Hopefully good things will come of it.
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http://www.grandpurlbaa.com/
Oooh, pink roses! I used to have a great pink rose at our very first house in the city. Mmmm.
ReplyDeleteAnd the beads are very shiny, pretty!
I'm totally enamored with your beaded top. The colors... the simple elegance... sigh, I want to go cast on a new project.
ReplyDeleteThat top is just so pretty!
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