What is next in the queue?

  Or, what should I knit next?

  Had to buy a hank of SOCK! from Lisa Sousa's Dyeworks to go with the Berry Poppins Sock Merino.

SOCK! has a harder twist to it.  It is lovely.(click on the thumbnail for a great look.)

I would like a bit of a smaller project when I finish the Dragon vest. 

I didn't feel like knitting after work. I sort of played around on the interned and fiddled filled out yarn orders I didn't finish. Silly hobby.

Of course there I did but some K1 C2 Paintbox to knit a Shadow knit vest.  It was in Knitter's Winter 2006.  Only 6 balls of yarn.  I have been very curious how the color runs in Paintbox, compare with Noro Silk Garden or Rowan Tapestry. I shall give a total report comparing the 3 yarns when the Paintbox arrives.    

This vest is called Pastel Ribbon.  I am going to try it in the yarn the pattern calls for.

Virtual yarns Alice Stamore 3 Classics. Abalone, (my favorite), Rona, and Luskentyre. All beautiful.  I knit Abalone (in Pacific Coast HWY)in 1998. It is my favorite sweater.  Everyone love that cardigan.  Everyone compliments it and it is nearly 10 years old.  Looks like new and fits perfectly.  

Addendum to this post 6/9/07:

Many have asked me what J&S colors I used for my Abalone. My notes are long gone so I took 6 year old J&S color card and compared it to my sweater to find the numbers for the readers.

At the time, I didn't have access to AS Campion yarns. I was fortunate that my local LYS carried some Jamieson & Smith jumper yarn. I didn't have color cards then, so my yarn choices depended what colors were available on the LYS shelves. I chose those that appeared most like the picture of the sweater in the Pacific Coast Hwy.

Remembering that very few pictures, including the one below, look exactly like the the garment being photographed, here are the J&S colors in my sweater. I used the pattern and have guessed  what the Campion equivalents are. My Campion color cards have temporarily disappeared! The hunt is on to re-discover where those priceless pieces of yarn glued to that tattered cardboard are hiding. 

#58 = Dk Green

# 44 =Anemone

# FC41 = Nighthawk

# 49 = Lilac

# 136 = Lt  Violet

# FC50 = Mauve Mist

# 142 = Teal

# 65 = Rosemary

# FC 39 = Sea Green

# 20 = (dk purple = Damson?)

# FC 73 ( darker brownish purple heather = Aubertia?)
                            

http://www.virtualyarns.com/scripts/showitem.asp?ID=191 

I had to HAVE the new version.  And so I bought it.  I had to stop drooling all over the   Virtual Yarns web site. Is this goregous or what?

(click on the picture for a better look.) We are tossing around the idea of an Abalone KAL. I think it is a good idea. 

I prefer knitting Fair Isle, simple lace and I recently discovered the pleasure of knitting socks.

Comments

[Romi]

Wow! The new version of Abalone is *gorgeous*! I love it. :)

It's going to be a difficult decision!

More later...I've been crazy lately! But good crazy. *g*

[dawn]

What beautiful colours you have for Abalone. The socks! yarn is gorgeous, and has very good yardage, so no fear of running short.

[Helle from Denmark]

Ohhh, I cannot wait to see you start knitting Abalone....!! It is beautiful!! The upper pic, whit the a little older woman...those colors are more purple, eh?? I love those colors...!! You know how to make me slobber....I am thinking more and more about Fair Isle knitting. But why is the yarn so expensive....bwwwwaaaa...crying out loud!*GRIN*

[Carolyn]

It would be great to start a Abalone KAL. I have always meant to get around knitting it and your pictures and all the comments have tipped me over the edge. I just ordered the yarn yesterday. I decided to knit the original colored one as my coloring is similar to yours, Junie and I'm hoping for similar looks! You look wonderful in that sweater!
I just finished Anne Boleyn so now I feel free to begin another fair isle.

[Jeanette]

Your Abalone is wonderful, and the yarns for the new colourway are inspiring too. Should you start a knit along in Autumn,count me in! Thank you publicly for your kind emails.

[laura]

I was plowing through the MS3 email pile when I saw your email about the color being off a bit. And then wondered why I was getting KBTH emails in my MS3 folder.... I wonder how many more of us from KBTH are gearing up for MS3. :)