the blue blog archives: and in the blue corner

After a little spring reorganization of the handknits and the stash, it became suddenly clear to me that I'm in a real blue phase right now. So far this year I've completed my blue sweater, blue sweatpants, my beautiful blue Banff, and have just started the frankensweater in blue Summer Tweed. And the future projects line up this way:

Cornflower blue Linen Drape, baby boy blue Calmer, and blue and green Sugar 'n' Cream! The Linen Drape is for the Vintage Knits top I keep talking about by can't seem to start. The Sugar 'n' Cream is destined to become a fun little granny square project. And the blue Calmer? Ooooh, the blue Calmer. Well, I've already started that one.

The very first beginnings of Ava from Rowan #34. I'm making the plain, buttoned version (there's a picture of the designer Louisa Harding wearing it in the designer bio section of the magazine). It seems like everyone is knitting a classic era movie star these days. There's Audrey, Kate, and now Marilyn. So, I just had to knit up a movie star of my own, don't you know!

posted by alison at 8:35 am | in ava

Comments

I love Ava, she is going to look gorgeous in that blue Calmer. Blue knits from the blue blog, who'd have thunk it?

Posted by: kerrie at April 24, 2004 10:49 AM

I love Ava. I was just thinking about it the other night. Maybe for fall...
I finished a Spring Fling item--finally! There's a picture of my Sherbet Ripple socks on my blog.

Posted by: Jessica at April 24, 2004 2:44 PM

I've got a lot of blue happening this spring/summer, too. Didn't even notice it while buying all this blue.....

Posted by: Uli at April 24, 2004 5:17 PM

The fabric Calmer creates is beautiful. Aren't you having fun knitting it up?

I've got red Calmer, and brown Calmer. I also got that brown Licorne I mentioned to you. Hm...I also have some Red Dune I wanted to knit this spring. Hello! I think I'm having a red/brown phase. Didn't realize it until I read your entry :-)

Posted by: Becky at April 25, 2004 5:51 AM

Go, Ava! I recently bought some cornflower blue Tahki cotton classic. Can never knit enough blue, that's true. See ya later, tater!

Posted by: Kerstin at April 25, 2004 7:56 AM

Thanks for compensating for my blue-challenged self.

But, I'll have you know that I'm trying to get over this. I actually BOUGHT a blue top at Target recently. Affirmative action.

Posted by: claudia at April 25, 2004 10:48 AM

sadly I don't know any translation sites that translate from Danish to English... but I've started blogging in English too now, so come by and see if I'm all terrible at it ;)

happy knitting!

Posted by: Elisabeth at April 25, 2004 10:56 AM