knitting knews

[bedlamsbard]

Some of you, upon seeing this pattern, will think, "Oh, Gryffindor! How awesome!"

Some of you, being me, look at that pattern and think, "Oh, Narnia! How awesome!"

I am going to teach myself Fair Isle just to knit that. I will have alter the pattern a bit, of course, so that it is a gold lion on a red background. (In which the movies deviated from the books, but OH WELL. Gold lion on red: so much cooler than red lion on green. Christmas colors what?) I have Cascade 220 wool in red and gold for this. (Okay, they actually have different names, but you know what I mean.)









I'm making another scarf out of Noro Silk Garden, for my grandmother, and oh my god Noro Silk Garden. I may be spoiled for ordinary yarn after this.

Comments

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

I have always been fond of the color scheme the BBC movies used, with a red lion on a blue and white field. (I so badly wanted one of those flags when I was young. *shifty look*)

Also: lovely scarf!

And you remind me that there is a good-sized store in Salem which is devoted entirely to yarn. You should come visit! Or something.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*blissfully* I love yarn stores. I've only been in the 'Burg's new one a couple times now, but oh my god yarn everywhere so awesome. And in NOLA, there is one on Magazine Street, and another one in the French Quarter! Hurrah for yarn fans.

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

I am entirely uncertain what sort of selection they have; just that it is A Yarn Store. It looks pretty sizeable and appears to have Every Color of Yarn Ever.