Last night I made Lawrence drive me out to North Hollywood so I could visit a yarn store - Stitch Cafe. It was a small store with many shelves, baskets, and racks full of yummy yummy yarns. We went specifically on a Thursday because that's when they're open until 9pm. Other days they are only open until 6pm, and of course Lawrence doesn't get off work until 6:30pm. Wednesday night looked like a get-together night because there were a bunch of people knitting together in the front section of the store.
I went specifically looking for Hanah silk cording to use in my Butterfly Wrap. The Artemis website lists Stitch Cafe as a retailer that carries Hana silk ribbons. Silly me, I did not think that meant they may only stock specific ribbons. At the store I realized they didn't have the cording I needed. They only carried the regular silk ribbons. Regardless, the ladies at the store were very willing to help and so friendly! They immediately made me feel comfortable, and also pointed me to the yarns out back that were on sale for 30% off. Even though I didn't find what I specifically came for, I loved browsing through all the beautiful yarns, and I even bought 2 hanks of sale yarns. I don't know what I'll use them for, but they're beautiful nonetheless. I suppose it would be easier to just buy the silk cording online instead of calling all the different yarn stores to the one that carries it at least an hour away. Now...what color should I get? :( Should it match the dress? Complement the dress? Shouldn't I pick a color that would be easily matched by the other clothes in my wardrobe? Then again, what other clothes do I even have that would match this wrap? Ahhh!
On another note, so far I've finished 7 rows of the back panel for the butterfly wrap. It definitely isn't perfect so far, but I'm torn between wanting to get it done as soon as I can for the concerts,
and wanting to start over now that I have a better insight into how loose to make the stitches. I reread the pattern and this wrap is worked top-down. That means that my *worst* and loosest rows, the initial ones, will be right up at the top. Being so loose, the might make for a strange fit up top. I don't know if the size I chose is correct either, it does seem a little big so far. Maybe it's supposed to be like that? I can't really tell until I finish the other panels and start putting it together. I suppose if it's too big I could wear it for the concerts and then gift it to someone else. I'd really much rather make something nicer the first time around. Even if I decide to restart it in a smaller size...what if that smaller size is too small?
O_o I'm probably just going to continue and hope for the best. If it turns out to be way too big, I could always frog the panels and start over. It shouldn't be too difficult if I don't actually knot the yarn ends together, and it's not like I have to use lots of small lengths of thread.
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