I've mentioned how much I wanted to make the Waterlily top from Interweave Knits Spring 2006. I spent over an hour at Imagiknit last week browsing for a good yarn substitute to the rather pricey Colinette Giotto ribbon yarn. In the end, though, a substitute was not to be found.
All other wide ribbon yarns had very little, if any, cotton content: Crystal Palace's Deco ribbon, Louisa Harding's Sari ribbon and Thalia... But, after some calculation, I realized that for the money and yardage, the Colinette yarn was a better choice. Yay! I was in luck too, because Imagiknit actually had three hanks of a single color: #113 Velvet Leaf, with shades ranging from pastel greens to mossy greens and deep forest greens. I was very happy with it; though, instead of a Waterlily top, it will be more of a seaweed top, don't you think?
You see, I had this vision when I saw the pattern in the magazine last week. And, in this vision, I was wearing this tank dress over a 2-piece swimsuit. I was wading out in the water, even swimming a little. (Yes. In my vision, I can swim.) And the dress would billow out around me... and I would look like a flower, a waterlily, because you know, that's what the garment is named.
So, I bought it and took it home to wind up (preparing for Vegas). The first hank I placed on the swift slid right off after the first turn. It took almost an hour to sort out. The second hank was slightly tangled for the first 20 yards. By then, Erica was over for our knitting slumber party, so she got to watch me obsess over it. The last hank was a breeze. Thank goodness.
But, do you know what I realized after I finished untangling the first skein, that nightmare? The care instructions for the yarn tell you, "Do not soak." Seriously. Vision-me just drowned in disappointment.
