When I received my latest Rowan Magazine 55 in the mail, I immediately fell in love with Dia by Martin Storey. If I'd had the colours in my stash, I would have knit it exactly as it appeared. I really like warm colours for a summer top.
However, since I'm trying to do some serious stashbusting this year, after going through my cotton, linen and hemp options this was the best colour combo I could come up with:
It is very, very bright. Maybe too intense for me. I think using the zingy, almost neon yellow made the pattern go from a spicy Spanish/Moorish feel to a pop art geometric one, and it seemed more appropriate to go with short sleeves, which was fairly easy to adapt. I just measured where I wanted the sleeves to be, sewed up the sides and picked up stitches, doing six rounds of 2 x 2 rib to match the neck.
It definitely was a satisfying and fun pattern to knit and I do think the colours go well together; I'm just not sure that they really look well on me. I wore it today when it was cloudy and gray and a bit chilly and I felt very self-conscious that I was somehow too bright. I may change my mind on a sunny summer afternoon though - it could look nice over a flowing cotton skirt. Someday I will knit this again in wool with the full sleeves because it would make a lovely fall sweater.
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It looks great! Wait until you see this in the full bright sun on a summers day...it won't seem too bright then!
That's what I'm banking on!
Hello just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in
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I'm not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with web browser compatibility but I thought
I'd post to let you know. The design and style look great though!
Hope you get the problem solved soon. Many thanks
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Oh dear, I usually use Chrome or Explorer, not Firefox, so I don't know how to fix it. I'll investigate. Thanks for letting me know.
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