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Sat, 2006-12-30 17:27 — grandcarriage

I've decided, that after the afghan fiasco, I need something more fabulous and substantial than socks. I need to do a sweater FOR ME!

SO, I'm trying to pick between making a cardigan out of merino frappe (kind of light and floaty, with a bit of fuzzyiness, like a short hair mohair). (kind of a cranberry-rust heather)

Another side to side pullover in this shockingly murky bronze-merlot to emerald and sapphire space dyed mohair (the fastest to knit, to be sure).

Or, the ultimate, a Carhardt inspired zippered cardigan of 20+ year old orange toned lumpy handspun Donegal tweed combined with a green-copper-cranberry manos del uruguay, and a frosted pumpkin orange worsted mohair...
(This last one should stop traffic with it's beauty and truly be a stunner, but take the longest to do....

What say you guys?

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Sun, 2006-12-31 10:35 — MMario
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Go with Door number three!

Go with Door number three!

Sun, 2006-12-31 12:29 — MovinOn

Yep. Once again I agree

Yep. Once again I agree with Mario. #3 is my choice, too. But, ya gotta post the yarn first before you start so we'll know what you started off with.

~Mike
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Sun, 2006-12-31 14:27 — grandcarriage
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I'll borrow a camera and

I'll borrow a camera and photograph the yarn with the design sketches. It will be a fun project.

Sun, 2006-12-31 00:13 — MovinOn

I just ran out of my

I just ran out of my Ammonium Sulfate capsules due to the dizzying parade of adjectives marching through that post. (I started to mentally diagram those sentences and lost consciousness.)

~Mike in Tampa (who is sending Grandcarriage's post in to OED as an insipit of Complex Contemporary Prose . . .)

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Sat, 2006-12-30 21:57 — madhatter7zero
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I just love the way you

I just love the way you describe your color choices.... almost poetic :-)

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Sat, 2006-12-30 22:11 — grandcarriage
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I'm a poet if you didn't

I'm a poet if you didn't know it....

Sat, 2006-12-30 20:48 — Gabriel
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You HAVE to go with the

You HAVE to go with the Third more "Fabulous" one.....hello??!!!!??? We always choose "More Fabulous"...always....also, you may already know this, but you'll fly through something that you love that much....others will take more time and effort!

Sat, 2006-12-30 18:23 — Bill
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I did a cardigan of charcoal

I did a cardigan of charcoal grey Frappe... with cables...LOVE it,...
still have to finish the button band... have about six rows left to knit....

Sat, 2006-12-30 18:27 — grandcarriage
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Oh hey, that's an idea...a

Oh hey, that's an idea...a huge Celtic cross in the middle of the back. I have Elsbeth Lavold's celtic cables book. I could "Borrow" something from that....

Sat, 2006-12-30 18:56 — Bill
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That's a GREAT book!!!!

That's a GREAT book!!!!

Sat, 2006-12-30 19:08 — grandcarriage
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Indeed. I want to design a

Indeed. I want to design a more elaborate dragon serpent, though...Her's look a little dull. Maybe if they were part of the cable....

Sat, 2006-12-30 17:46 — SKHolt
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I say go for the

I say go for the cardigan.
Stan

Sat, 2006-12-30 18:17 — grandcarriage
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which one, the first or the

which one, the first or the third?

Sat, 2006-12-30 17:44 — MasonM
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cardigan Mason Linux:

cardigan

Mason

Linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste

Sat, 2006-12-30 17:40 — PeterMark
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Sweater #3 the

Sweater #3 the ultimate.

Peter