I’m having the hardest time today, and I’m not sure if it’s due to my not feeling well or to this beautiful yarn:
Maui Yarns - Surfer Boy Blue
It’s 100% Superwash Merino Wool. One of the gals who knits for the West Coast Oddball group sent it to me a few months ago…as a gift. You can find it for sale on this site.
It’s lovely, let me tell you. Hence my dilemma.
What pattern to knit it up into.
I’ve learned, from the ten or eleven pairs of socks I’ve knit, that pairing colors and patterns is essential to showing off all of your hard work. I’ve often bound off a project and been disappointed when the lace was hidden by a dark shade.
Ravelry has a large database of projects…a black hole I got lost in this afternoon on my quest for THE perfect pattern.
I think I’ve decided to make Duckies. You know I don’t like to do plain stuff. These remind me a bit of the pair I just finished, but I like the extra bit of lace involved with the cable-look. I only hope the dark blue doesn’t hide the pattern.
I guess if I don’t like it after a few repeats, I can always frog.
Ugh…
A dreadful thought…
Oh well…off to do a very small gauge swatch. Then on to the fun!
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AuburnChick's Adventures 
oh yes, those are cute. That yarn looks scrumptious.