Morning Glory....Aug. 13, 2005

Peacock iridescence in veridical shadows,
Violet blooms spread to noonday sun.
The world's beauty is a swirl of color,

But in the flower's center is bright stillness
Deng Ming~Dao

I think that I may have found a name for the newest batch of roving.......Morning Glory.

I spun up both samples quickly, to see if I preferred one to the other, but I am still not sure.  The blended one is very muted, but not muddy, the other is much brighter....and maybe a wee bit too bright, so I am going to knit something up this weekend using both skeins to see which I prefer in the knitted item.  As many know, I am so not a pink person (although a pink flower basket shawl is in my near future), however, I am thinking that I may toss a tetch of pink into this blend to waken it up a bit~

.~.~.~






Birch and I have come to a happy ending!

Comments

[Annie]

Every picture in this post is just beautiful! Birch looks heavenly. And the yarn is wonderful.

[Vicki]

Yay for happy endings! The morning glory made a lovely beginning, too. Woo!

[Teresa C]

The Morning Glory and Birch are fierce rivals for attention on this blog post! Lovely knitting and lovely shooting.

[margene]

Beautiful Birch! The color in that morning glory is just glorious;-)

[Juno]

I like them both. Not much help, am I?

But, while one could make an argument for either, I bet the left hand one will knit better. Gentler color variation.

I am 75% plied on the Blue Lagoon. Wow - not so much blue, more kind of sea foamy, (this is good) and absolutely beautiful.

You do nice work, lady.

[Lizzy B]

Hmmm, I can't wait to see the knitted swatches. I'm inclined to agree that the blended is less jarring to the eye, but it may knit up beautifully. Perhaps a splash of purple instead of pink? It would blend into a beautiful lavendar which is found in many morning glories... :) Thank you for sharing the 2 results! Birch is lovely!

[Holly]

Beautiful morning glory and a perfect name for the roving. Birch is lovely.

[Jean]

Your Birch is stunning, Kim. LOVE it!

[Robbyn]

Birch is beautiful! And that morning glory photo? Just sensational! One of my very favorite flowers and would be a nice name for your new yarn.

[Cathy]

I see I will just have to say "me too me too me too" in the comments about Birch being beautiful, about Morning Glory being a wonderful name, and finally eager to see the rovings knitted up. Me too.

[Laura]

I don't think I mentioned it before, but I like the separate colors. Good job on Birch. Hey, I just bought a new harness for one of my dogs last night and guess where it was made, Conway!

[Cindy D]

The Morning Glory spinning is aptly named. I love Birch in white!!!

[Bliss]

Very beautiful birch!

[Toni]

Birch 'tis beautiful!

[Jackie]

Birch is beautiful! Were you sad at the end? I just loved knitting is so much, I was a littel sad to see it end!

The spun Morning Glory is great, too. I can't wait to see them knitted...I really like both.

[Cassie]

Interesting, very interesting. I'm personally liking the more blended roving, but seeing them knit will be even more telling.

Your birch is beautiful! I can't believe you finished it in the heat of summer.

[Cindy]

Birch is beautiful! And I love the rovings.

[Mary Beth]

a beautiful post, flowers, roving and Birch is lovely - way to go!

[Liz]

Oh, Kim, Birch is beautiful! So glad things ended up ok between the two of you. ;)

I still can't tell which of the rovings I like better...I'm definitely interested in seeing how they look when knitted up.