I took a day off today, because it just seemed like the right day to take off. I went to my NS(not-so)LYS in a sort of “yeah, right” kind of mood, thinking there was no way in hell that they would have any of Alice Starmore’s Dunedin yarn in stock. HUH? Yeah, they had it, and enough for the Elizabeth I sweater that I want to make, even enough for me to size it up to fit me. But the color? Eh! Camel. Nope. Camel would make me look like a camel. But I was surprised by the amount of AS yarns they had, even a kit for something called Grant Avenue? I am sure it’s in one of the books that I don’t know anything about. Plus a bunch of colors of Campion, a lot of one color of Bainin and some Fleet. I always thought this stuff was like gold, stashed away never to be found. I may go back with a pattern in hand and see what there is enough of to make a whole sweater.
I also picked up a book that had lots of Fair Isle patterns. (Not patterns for garments, patterns for the little designs that you combine to make a fair isle sweater.) I will use this book to design my fair isle of the mind. That’s what I decided to call it. It reminds me of that play, A Lie of the Mind. Sam Sheppard, I think. Just the name, I mean. I can’t actually remember the play, although a friend at the time was in it, called Eddie. Emerson College, 1990 maybe? Whatever. So, my sweater shall henceforth be known as the fair isle of the mind. Until I make a pattern for it, I guess.
The book? Fabulous Fair Isle by John Allen. I think I shall go and actually read it now. If it turns out to not actually be fabulous, I shall let you know, faithful reader. All two of you. 😉