The final tally in the great Lady Eleanor Poll of 2005 was 70% for 82 and 30% for 217. But in the comments, 217 had some strong proponents who zealously praised their champion. In the end, it was a tough decision, but I went with my leaning and chose 82. I loved the colors in both, but the yellow in the 217 grabbed my attention in an overly demanding way and in the end I knew it would be distracting. Thank you for your thoughts, and your votes!
What else? How 'bout the Readers' Digest version of a knitting update? The Irish Hiking Scarf is nearly complete will grow till I run through my yarn, which will be very very soon. Colchique is still in pieces, awaiting blocking and seaming. USMP... poor, dejected USMP. She may have to await the close of Holiday Knitting to finally get her arms. Next on the needles are likely Forsa and My So Called Scarf.
School will have me a bit ragged the next few days, I fear, so this may be my last post for a tiny bit. Signing off...
Posted by jess at October 31, 2005 11:21 PMI think you made the right choice for Lady Eleanor. I've had my eye on her for the last month or so, too, after John at The Point quelled my fear of entrelac by letting me play with a blanket he was making. I'm thinking of using handpaintedyarn.com's crazy Novelty Boutone, but I mustn't start until next year. Too many projects underway! So I'm looking forward to seeing you work on this one!
Posted by: Sarah at November 1, 2005 8:22 AMOh, I really realy like My So Called Scarf. And definitely the right choice for Lady Eleanor. :)
Posted by: Sneaksleep at November 1, 2005 11:31 AMPerhaps you've already seen this, but here's a Klaralund knit with 217:
http://whisperingpine.blogspot.com/
Hopefully it will confirm your choice...
Hard choices! But I look forward to seeing the end result.
Posted by: Flare at November 2, 2005 6:09 AMhow funny, i just finished my so called scarf for a friend a few weeks ago! i loved the colorway that was used but had to turn away from manos, it was too itchy. i scoured the internet for a softer similar yarn and finally went with artfiber's alpaca/wool blend. i'm not sure if it's because i dyed it myself but it didn't turn out as soft as i wanted either (but softer than manos). sorry for the life story, good luck with your scarf!
Posted by: susanne at November 2, 2005 11:25 PM