oh yeah. you thought. you thought i was some fly-by-night who was going to give up her knitting juuuuuuuuust because a printing press was in the living room.
ha ha.
but, because of all the ink i've been handling, not to mention the perverse number of black jellybeans and pieces of "lucky country" licorice i have been consuming, i've decided to work on some knitting for me -- which, of course, means something that is black.
see here a swatch for a barbara walker design, a "wrought-iron" look in berroco softtwist bulky. well, try to see. this yarn is shiny and it's probably not super-best for definition in charted designs, although not prohibitively bad. it is harder to take a picture of than wool is, though...
and see here, berroco softtwist stranded with, yes, vittadini "fiora". those lovely little sequin-constellations are like caviar, no? and not a single one falls off, ever, it seems.
it's really strange how the softtwist, in both cases, takes a poor picture. it also tends to split a little, and needs to be watched, but other than that, it's a very sensuous project. this sweater is going to be downright spongy, it's so soft and thick. pass the licorice nibs!