FREEFORM ORNAMENT AUCTION!!!

Follow this link to the International Freeform Crochet and Knitting Guild's site for info on a silent auction of scrumbled ornaments which adorned the Tree of Life, Tree of Peace exhibition!
100% of the proceeds will be donated to Women to Women International!!! Cool stuff, great Cause!

NORO SILK GARDEN LIGHT

As soon as I saw the second Argosy version in December's Knitty , I hurried to my LYS to purchase some Noro Silk Garden Light. I bought 2 skeins to make a scarf for my daughter for Christmas and 2 for myself. Hers is a similar colorway to mine, but instead of the coral-ish color, hers has fuschia. My scarf is show to the right. I think it's color 125.

I went back to the store for more but there was only one skein left, which I figured would be enough for a cap.

I had wonderful plans to create a hat that would be similar in appearance to the scarf, but since I was in a hurry to finish before I leave tomorrow for CA and since I had only one skein, I opted for a pattern I found online that would show off the beautiful striping. It's Nancy Delcomyn's Silk Garden Spiral, and I was pleased with the results. I made slight adjustments because I used the lighter weight yarn. By the way, this was my first time using a Noro yarn, although I've admired how it looks made up by others.

Colorway yarns

Colorway yarns
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Tropical Sunrise/Festival Colorways

Colorway inspiration for Creature from the Coral Lagoon came from Knitpick's Landscape merino sock yarn called Tropical Sunrise. Last week I came upon a velvety
ribbon yarn in the same colorway by Moda Dea called Festival. Festival is really too chunky to use by itself, so I'll use it sparingly.