I am so envious of reading about everyone with their Calmer, already at work on Audrey! Mine has been on order for over a week, but I am still waiting... I am starting to find it agonizing, too! It sounds like it knits up rather quickly, though, which will be a good thing. I have two colors on order (one of them is backordered, which is the cause for the long wait), so I will have to decide which one will be perfect for me once they arrive. Then I will knit like a fiend!
I have very fair skin (blue undertones) with strawberry-blond hair and blue-green eyes, although my hair is currently more red than usual because I was in the mood for a change! I look best in the warm, earth-toned family of colors, but I like to branch out every so often with a clear teal or dark neutral that shows off my pale skin, so that is the mood I am in and the way I will go with Audrey. I am going to be deciding between the discontinued Calmer colors Pool and Squirrel (dark grey, I think) once they get to me. I am leaning towards Pool since it seems more summery and will show the stitch definition around the neck better, but the Squirrel might look quite sophisticated as well. It's a hard decision, but I think I will love them both. I don't expect disappointment!
I must say that I loved reading AmyR's comment entry about our field trip to Chicago on Friday - it was truly an Audrey day! I hope everyone else at this knit-a-long has similar happy Audrey experiences throughout the duration of our time together on this project. Happy knitting!
Posted by Heathre at April 4, 2004 10:49 AMMay I ask a stupid question-
What is Vespa?
(says the teen knitter whose only experience of the 50's is watching I love Lucy and Leave it to Beaver)
Sarah, Vespa is an Italian scooter. I'm the one who first mentioned Vespa (on my site and in an earlier comment here) because I noticed that the scooter featured in Rowan 35 appears to be a vintage Vespa scooter. I probably should have just said "scooter" to avoid confusion :-)
You can see vintage Vespas at www.vespa.net.
Posted by: Becky at April 4, 2004 02:07 PMI'm trolling through this blog wanting to join, not yet finished with Elfin, and thinking Audrey would go great with MY VESPA. Yes, I own a red 2001 Vespa ET4. It rocks my world, or my garage, since that is where it has sat all winter waiting for me to ride it again. I need Audrey to complete the package. Me, my Vespa, my Audrey, mod sunglasses and a jaunty scarf! What more could a girl ask for? Too bad I don't have a little yapper dog to ride between my feet like the real Italians do!
Posted by: Rachel at April 4, 2004 02:18 PMNow y'all have ME wanting to knit Audrey......and we do have a good selection of Calmer on the shelves.....and no shop models knitted with Rowan yarns......
Posted by: Rob at April 4, 2004 02:38 PMRachel -
I can't believe you own a Vespa! I think that is fabulous. You should post a photo of it here!! I also think it is great that you are still trying to finish Elfin, as I also am in the middle of my own Elfin cardigan. I love it. It's good to have options, though, so Audrey is a must (and it is much more springy than Elfin, for those of us in the Northern Hemispere)! We will all look so sexy in our Audreys when they are finished (once some of us get started, that is...)!
Posted by: Heathre at April 4, 2004 05:10 PMI admit, I just purchased my Audrey yarn, so the pressure is on to commence with the Elfin seaming and get that albatross from around my neck ASAP. Then I can don it when I drive around on the Vespa because even here in Alabama today it was sunny but COLD. You're right, Heathre, the Audrey is perfect for spring (which has about ten nanoseconds left here in the deep South--hey I can preTEND I'm going to finish it in time to wear it before June). I'm usually just a one sweater kinda gal. Look at me taking a walk on the wild side!
Posted by: Rachel at April 4, 2004 09:52 PM