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January 21, 2006
Worthy Substitute
I substituted Jaeger Baby Merino 4 ply with Ambrosia. The colors are deep and have a sheen that just begs to be touched. It’s soft as a cloud. How could it not be at 70% baby alpaca, 20% silk and 10% cashmere? It’s also expensive, not machine washable and completely impractical for a baby garment.
As if this ever stopped me.
After all this is not just a garment. It is an Olympic event! For my soon-to-be-in-the-world niece no less. Olympic challenges require Olympic motivation, so there.
I also purchased three additional skeins in my new favorite colors, eggplant and sage, to remake a hat I recently designed. I originally knit it using Blue Sky Alpaca sport and gave it to my beautiful sister-in-law Sarah. It took me three attempts to get the shaping just right. Now I love alpaca in general and Blue Sky sport in particular, especially for hats. So it costs me something to say this. The – hat – itches – just – a – smidgeon. Drats! Not enough to call it itchy, just enough to keep touching my forehead in a distracted but persistent sort of way. So I’m remaking it in Ambrosia.
Tonight!
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