Afflicted with colour affection
Colour Affection or what we lovingly referred to it at Sock Camp, Colour Infection, is what is on my needles, in my basket and piled in tonal trio’s around the barn. Even before Josie showed up at camp with not one, but two shawls, and her wicked, “knit this you know you want to mojo”, that almost turned sock camp into shawl camp, I’d been thinking about knitting this tonal colour study design of Veera’s.
Truth be told, I would like to knit quite a few of Veera’s shawls, they are stunning. I love how her knit brain works.
I think Debbi was the first one to fall under Josie’s enabling spell. It wasn’t long before pretty much, knitter by knitter, the whole camp had caught the bug, as you can see here in Steph’s blog post.
We were joking one of the mornings in the store as we helped pick colours and wound yarn, that affection was an infection and most certainly are far better one to get then the ones we usually walk away from camp with.
Actually I do believe it is the only one we walked away with this time so yeah Josie!!
As everyone else did, I mulled over a few hues and then picked my three colourways and went on my merry way to wind and swatch. Unfortunately…. someone ( I’m not naming names, you know who you are,) beat me to my appropriate needle for this. I tried my level best to get gauge with the size I had with me that was closest, but it was having none of that. Oh well… I’d wait. It’s not like I didn’t have knitting. It worked out for the best in the long run, as these things tend to do, since Stormy needed my Smoke on the Water to complete her trio. Yeah!! ( yo colour karma fairy! You caught that one right?)
So we wrapped up shawl sock camp and when I got home, I went in search of needles and my missing second colour. While perusing the sock wall of colour with Deb
(Again Accuardi, not Stone or McVae. I can’t even talk about the Deb thing going on here.) she suggested knitting them in Silkie. Being the mercurial soul that I am, I decided to take her suggestion and switch. In my defense, it has silk in it, what’s not to love about having that draped around you?
Also… I had these beauties hanging on the wall.
I was just not a strong enough woman to resist the scummy pull of this trio.
I’m over the moon thrilled with my choice and I do believe I am going to keep this one for myself.
Don’t worry about the trio I choose at camp, I have a friend I am going to knit that one for, her dark purple heart is going to be tickled.
I started yesterday on the way to the beach with my girls for the day.
A good place for a scummy cast on don’t ya think!
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Go, Tina. I have been thinking of this shawl for 3 weeks now ever since seeing Ellelily’s version on Ravelry. How was I to know that it was about to go viral?(lol). Enjoy the beach!
Cheers and red wine, Hazel.
P.S. I actually wore my newly finished Haruni to church this morning-a little late to the party, I know!
That is a beautiful combination of colors you’ve picked. I’d love to see the final product.
You can’t even talk about the Deb thing. This Deb thing misses you terribly and is sending kisses from Nova Scotia!
Well, my spirit (and wallet) must have been at Sock Camp, because I finally took the plunge and ordered the skein of Winter Solstice you helped me choose to go with my Spinel and Saffron Jungle last week, just as camp was kicking off. And now I stalk the postman….
Oooohhh Tina how beautiful!!!! And silkie….. and pond scummy!! I may have to have another…..I so love a few other shawls of Veera’s also…I am thinking of Line Break now, perhaps in Moody Blues…. Love ya! Blessings, Josie
Well I missed you all and camp too so am now looking at my yarn and playing -what three colors for the first one? I too have had this one in my favorites for quite awhile. Now that little sister, miss Cora Rose has joined us I can knit on a grown up garment. Hugs to all and happy knitting. That girlie Josie is a great one for inspiration!
One more thing. Tina your color choice is amazing at look at the photo at the top of your blog, lovely how your color choices swwm to have appeared in the flower. Amazing photographer and color channeler that you are.
Oh dear it is Clara Rose not Cora apologies for my too fast posting.
Oh Tina, a girl after my own heart…SCUMMY. I have the pattern and have been tossing around yarn ideas. Love the idea of the Silkie. Should be even more interesting.
LOL! Is it a problem that I was almost late for work the other day because I was putting together color trios in my yarn room, err I mean spare room? I can’t wait to get mine cast on tonight! (I had to wait until May 1 due to some other knitting obligations) I love your silkie trio. Do I have some silkie in the stash? Do I need to go home now to check it out? Will someone write me a note to excuse me from work so I can knit on the affliction, uh, affection?!!??!?
Welcome to the Infection! I held out through camp but gave in the day I got home.
And just got yarn yesterday for one for my mom. Everyone had better wear them to Camp next year!
What beautiful colours together, Tina!
I have been trying so hard to avoid the camp infection as I finish my Flutterby shawl in time for Mother’s Day, (lets not forget the other 10+ projects I also have on the go). But, after seeing all these beautiful shawls as they progress, I’m folding fast.
lots of sock campy fun for all of us non-sock campy kids who missed the party. we can now dive into the infection and feel the revelry. thanks for sharing!!