Monday, February 15, 2010
Zrobilam serwetke dla dobrej znajomej / I made a doily for a friend
No, bo chcialam uzyc trzech kolorow - bialego, ecru i bezowego - tak, aby poszczegolne sekcje nie kontrastowaly zbytnio ze soba. Ale, niestety, tak to nieraz jest, ze jak sie kupuje patrzac na monitor, a nie na "zywa" probke, to sie dostaje cos zupelnie innego niz to, czego chcemy. Kordonek, ktory przyszedl, jest zlocisto bezowy i nie pasuje do ecru. No, ale postanowilam zrobic serwetke pomimo "konfliktu" odcieni/kolorow. Niestety, podczas dziergania, ten glupi bezowy srodek, otoczony ecru, ciagle mi przypominal tarcze do strzelania z luku. No, istne paskudztwo, i wogole wstyd takie cos komus dac. Ale ze nie mialam serca tego pruc, tym bardziej ze narobilam sporo bardzo pracochlonnych "babelkow", to jechalam z tym do konca. Po zblokowaniu bylo troche lepiej. Teraz mysle, ze nie jest az tak tragicznie bo 1) moge na srodku serwetki postawic wazon lub jakis inny bibelot, i calkowicie go zakryc; 2) na ciemnym tle, serwetka prezentuje sie jako tako normalnie. Poniewaz jednak nie uwazam, aby nadawala sie na wysylke do kogokolwiek, w robocie jest juz jednokolorowa, kremowa (wizualnie bezpieczna) wersja z cienszych nici. Wzor serwetki to Harvest Dance Doily z ksiazeczki Old Fashioned Doilies Kathryn White.
It didn't come out the way I wanted.
Well, I wanted to use three colours/shades - white, ecru and beige - so that none of the doily sections would contrast with each other too much. However, what happens (often) when you buy yarn online without seeing it in real life? You just may get a totally different shade/colour from the one you want, which is what happened in this case. The brown/beige I got just doesn't go too well with ecru. Despite this, I still decided to make the doily. Unfortunately, the entire time I was crocheting it, the brown middle section reminded me of a bull's eye on a target board. It was horrible and completely unsuitable as a gift! But I didn't have the heart to frog it, especially that I already spent time crocheting numerous 'nubs', so I just continued with it. After blocking, the thing looked better. Now, I think it doesn't look too tragic, especially that 1. I can cover the middle section with a vase, or some other object; 2. it looks semi-decent on a dark table. Because I still don't think that it is suitable as a gift, I'm making a one-colour (i.e. safe) version of this doily. NB, the pattern for this is called Harvest Dance Doily, and can be found in Old Fashioned Doilies by Kathryn White.
Babelki/Nubs
A teraz przejdzmy do przyjemniejszego tematu. Dzis listonosz dostarczyl mi paczke wloczek. Doslownie Gwiazdka w Lutym! Zobaczcie same/sami:
And now, let's move on to a more pleasant topic. Today, the mailman brought me a parcel full of yarns. Aaaaah... Christmas in February! Take a look:
Normalnie nie zamawiam tylu wloczek naraz, ale byla super okazja w Elann.com, i nie moglam sie oprzec. Ta liliowa to Silken Kydd (70% Super Kid Moher/30% Jedwab), zielona to Peruvian Baby Silk, (80% alpaka/20% jedwab, ktora juz przedtem uzywalam), a reszta to Naturally Mist (80% Kid Moher/20% Nylon). Wywalilam wlasnie to wszystko na stol i tylko siedze, i podziwiam. Kolory na zdjeciu troche nie wyszly. W rzeczywistosci, ta blado rozowa jest o wiele bardziej brzoskwiniowa, a ta niebieska po prawej jest bardziej stalowa.
No, i to wszystko na dzis. Dziekuje Wam za odwiedziny i za mile komentarze. Zycze pieknego dnia/wieczoru.
I don't normally order so much yarn, but Elann.com had some great deals and I just couldn't resist. The mauve one is Silken Kydd, the green one is Peruvian Baby Silk (which I used before), and the rest are Naturally Mist. The colours in the photo are not very accurate. That pale pink is, in fact, peach, and the blue on the right is more of a steel grayish blue. I dumped the lot on a table and I'm just sitting here admiring and playing with the skeins.
Well, that's it for today. Thank you for visiting my blog and all the nice comments so far. Have a beautiful day/evening.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)