Monday Kerstin showed her lovely blanket knit in cashmere. She said the cashmere made Kersti seem COURSE! How could Kersti seem course!?, I asked. Kerstin then challenged (she’s good at that)… “Get some, you’ll see”.
(Ok, let’s see. I know there is some kind of cashmere in the stash. ) So...I found these little skeins of vintage yarn that a friend gave to me when discarding her stash some time ago. This is the only yarn I kept from her gift as it 'said' it would be a wonderful project someday. The skeins are probably from the 50’s and they are a blend of cashmere and lambs wool. It’s soooo soft! It feels like a cloud and you could certainly enjoying rolling around in it if there were more skeins. I have three and a partial. It DOES make Kersti seem course. "Like twine", as Kerstin said. This lovely yarn would make a lovely baby layette but, there are no babies in my future. It might make up into a beautiful Flower Basket Shawl from the new IK or a pair of gloves like Sandy’s. So many possibilities! But it will slip back into the stash for now.
Kerstin wins...Kersti looses.
BUT, you can't beat Kersti for color! Check out our Kersti Along Blog and you'll see!!
You are a temptress!
Posted by: Kathleen | July 22, 2004 at 12:22 PM
Ahhhh!!! I've been hearing the siren song of cashmere since seeing some gorgeous pink Lobster Pot at Knit NY a while ago. I've never knit with it and I'm thinking this might just need to be remedied sooner rather than later.
Posted by: Samantha | July 22, 2004 at 03:44 PM
Now what are the chances you'd have cashmere sitting in the stash?!? (Combined with lambswool! Wow.) Too bad they don't believe in polygamy. It would've been nice of them to multiply. :) It's true. You can't beat Kersti for color. And she is still a wonderfully soft yarn. Maybe we should request some Kerstimere?
Posted by: Kerstin | July 24, 2004 at 05:05 AM