Birthday yarn!

[minniemollknits]

It was my birthday on Wednesday, so I treated myself to a visit to Bobbins in Whitby. I wanted to buy some Colinette Prism to make the Melinda cardigan from the Wayfarer book - I nearly bought some the last time I was there, but they only had five skeins in the colour I fancied, and it takes six. They offered to order in the extra skein and post it

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[slb44]

Happy belated birthday!

You've got a lot of lovely yarn there. *admires yarn some more*

I'll be interested in learning what your final verdict on the finished Wigwam cardigan is. Like you I have a disparate reaction to the Colinette yarns and I'm always interested to get another opinion. Plus there's nothing like seeing the finished product.

[minniemollknits]

Thank you! I'm very pleased with my yarn haul...

I will keep you updated on the Wigwam, I'm pleased with it so far, it's making a nice smooth fabric, although it's perhaps a *little* stiff. I think that the lacy pattern is what the yarn needs to stop it looking like knitted shoe laces.

[minniemollknits]

I'm loving it quite a lot myself *g*

If I hadn't seen the cardigan knitted up, there's no way I'd have considered buying the Wigwam - the power of marketing. Do post photos of your scarf.

[callmemadam]

Lovely Colinette. Have you tried Tagliatelle? I saw a sweater I liked in it but it looked rather tape-y for me.

Many happpies for lats Wednesday. LJ used to make it easy to remember your friends' birthdays but then the link disappeared. I think they've fiddled around with it again but I can't keep up with things changing all the time.

[minniemollknits]

Tagliatelle is one that I really don't like - it looks as though you've torn up your old t-shirts and made them into a jumper, all those rough edges. This is neater, and is showing the lacy pattern nicely.

LJ have introduced a new thing where they'll email you reminder of your friends' birthdays. The only one I've had so far came at 11pm on the actual birthday, so not desparately reliable....

[minniemollknits]

It was a lovely birthday, I have more photos which I will post when I get round to it.

The shawl pattern is easy, although it does require a certain amount of concentration. You knit two rows, then do a row of wrapping the yarn round the needle a varying amount of times before each stitch, then do a row of knit, dropping the wraps from the previous row to make the straight bits between the rows. If that makes any sense at all....

[callmemadam]

I've done a hat and a scarf like this: It's easy, honest.

[princessanna1]

Happy belated birthday! I knew it was in May, but couldn't remember when (although I suppose I could have asked)

I think I'm like you, I wouldn't have looked twice at the wigwam in Bobbins, but it is looking nice knitted up. I like the pattern. Perhaps washing it will soften it, when you've finished. Some tape-y yarns are like that.