I insisted on knitting one for less than half the price in colours to go in her room. Off I went to inspect the exact shade of red based pinky terracotta that she wants and took a photo of a beige/pink/gold/reddish terracotta cushion that she had. After spending about three hours trawling websites I realised I would never find the right shade of yarn unless I made it myself (no chance!) so I decided to pick a few colours that would match instead. I chose Lion Brand Vanna's Choice in chocolate, dusky pink, terracotta, beige and honey. They all went lovely together in the online shopping basket.
Until they arrived in the post. Ah, the perils of online shopping. The nice dark terracotta is a pretty bright orange and the dusky pink is more baby than I would have liked.
Do they go together? I would say no. Everyone I asks says yes get on with it!
So armed with my new circular needle on I went and here are the results.
Having given my whole family (except my husband who is too indecisive) the option of carrying on, missing out the pink or missing out the orange (that's terracotta), they all said they don't really know and to carry on.
So I am carrying on with the strangest most 70's looking bit of knitting I have done, for my Mother-in-laws newly decorated best room. It's awful. But I may as well get on with it now that I have bought ten balls of yarn and can't make a decision on what colours to replace what with.
At least the pattern is lovely. A fan and feathers stitch pattern which I have admired my friend Mandie using to make baby blankets in DK (I have gone for Aran weight) in a smaller more sensible size.
Any advice greatly appreciated on what to do next!
Yarn from Deramores
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