An Unlikely Duo

Almost as an afterthought, I included a background shot of this new project I'd recently started -- mostly done as my portable knitting, since I found that trying to bead, count rows and shift my lace pattern accordingly was not working out very well on the bus or at Knit Club. Tinking and the loss of small glass beads ensued.

When I was in the market check-out line, I spotted a lone knitting magazine amid the racks of Cosmo, Lucky, InStyle and Glamour. After a quick flip, I threw in on the conveyor belt with the rest of the groceries.

I'd never heard of "Knit It!" and despite an overload of Lion Brand knits, there are some interesting items. One that caught my eye is the mossy green v-neck sweater pictured above. Mostly, I was inspired by the cable ribbing because I'd just come into possession of a bit of Michelle's handspun alpaca and I thought it would be a luxurious jumping off point.

As I explained in a previous post, I wanted something to complement the colors in the alpaca that would also mimic the look of the inspiration piece without being a slavish copy. Thus the Rowan tweed (with absolutely no flecks of pink in sight) and the Debbie Bliss cotton / angora were wed to the brief border of alpaca handspun.

The most frequent comment from other knitters? "I would've never thought to put those colors together!"