Comments on: Back to College

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:43:28 +0000

I like patterns, I like exotic fibers, I like color. The three don’t always go together. I try to make things match, but mostly, I have a lot of yarn I like to fondle.

By: Patricia Dixon

Patricia Dixon — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:45:17 +0000

Fashion..COLOR, COLOR…yarns and what they offer..I was looking for a specfic yellow..so at the Sock Summit, I was on the prowl..found it Barefoot , Kitchen Sink Dye works..I was so happy…
Since, the Sock Summit, I have been on a Knitting High..People help energize the mood…
Went Seattle..Skiers in the family have orders for hats..I don’t ususally make hat. They made sure, I went to Yarn shops, so they could pick the colors.. Also the word SOFT came up. My granddaughter piucked a cashmere blend…
Love your blog..

By: Annette Lewek

Annette Lewek — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:22:58 +0000

Color,definately!

By: Julia G

Julia G — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:13:51 +0000

I always love your posts about launching your kids into college life and beyond– you really helped me visualize my own fledglings leaving the nest (and furnishing a dorm room!)

Back to knitting, it’s usually a great pattern that catches my eye first, especially a classic with a creative twist, but then again I’m hopelessly smitten by colors, and don’t care much what I make with them as long as I make something NOW! So maybe the pattern appeals to my intellect, while color is more of a deep emotional response….

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:18:24 +0000

I’m so glad you got to see both Web Guy and College Girl last weekend! It looks like it was a great weekend!

I’m an atmospheric chemistry student, so I have to ask… what sort of experiments did College Girl and her class design to send up with the weather balloons? My research group does (among other things) design experiments to put on planes and fly a little lower than where her balloons were designed to fly.

Glad you enjoyed the weekend!

By: Debra I

Debra I — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:40:03 +0000

It would be easy to say Colors! grab me first, but I’m always on the lookout for good patterns, so I’ll be ready when a yarn line or colorway says “BUY ME!” I’ve run into too many lustings for colorways and not bought enough. When you think about it, there seem to be more colorways and not as many patterns out there, so colorways would have the edge…Then again, there’s that old maxim: Be Prepared.

By: Ann Rose

Ann Rose — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:12:42 +0000

I’m usually about the color, but last week, I was seduced by a name, “Hephaestus.” Since Hephaestus is considered the “lame” or club-footed god of the forge, and I do disability studies for a living these days, I HAD to have that yarn! It is a wonderful forest green, with brownish accents, and will become a leafy “Susan” shawl from Myrna Stahman’s book of Faroese-style shawls. Occasionally, I’ll fall in love with a pattern, then determine the color and the yarn, but like a lot of others, I have many single skeins and have to hope that yarn will be enough to knit up into a pattern I like.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:35:43 +0000

I think I’m evolving (mostly as a response to yarn spilling out of the corners of all the rooms in the house!!). While I’m drawn to color and to yarn, these days I seem to start with a pattern first. I’ve never had a problem envisioning a pattern in different colors, maybe a carryover from quilting where I often see a pattern I like and recreate it in different colors/fabrics.

I LOVE that picture of the chicks!

By: Michele in Maine

Michele in Maine — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:58:46 +0000

Color and yarn are the usual lures for me, except for lace. In that case, I see the pattern, then look for the yarn (or match the pattern to a yarn in my stash).

So wonderful that you got to see both kids in one fell swoop! And apricot brie panini? Swoon!

By: Jody

Jody — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:05:21 +0000

It will always be color!! Color lures me in, and it’s why my stash is so big. Once I have the color, then I have trouble finding the right pattern.