Remember that I told you that I was working on a secret project? Well............I can finally share. :)
Late this summer, Anne asked if I wanted to work with her on a small project for the winter issue of Knitty. It was going to be a neck warmer and Anne was looking for a lighter colorway so that the pattern of the neck warmer would be visible.
The yarn that Anne wanted to use was my Opulence, which I have to admit is my favorite yarn here. The colorway that I sent to her was Rose Quartz, which I love as it reminds me of the quartz that can be readily found here and there in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Wanting to test knit this pretty pattern for myself, I chose the colorway Red Flannel. My new everyday winter jacket is a deep red, so I thought that this would be a good choice for me. I'm thinking now that a hat to match would be really nice too. :)
A few weeks ago the folks at Knitty contacted me to see if I wanted to do an advertisement for the Poinsettia pattern page. I was flattered and challenged all at the same time. So much of this is new to me and definitely interesting..:)
This is such a fun pattern to knit! Typical of Anne's patterns in that it is very easy to follow along and has enough change every few inches to keep it interesting.
Congratulations! This is gorgeous!
Posted by: tiennie | Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 02:35 AM
Saw that! Way cool and congratulations.
Hope you survived the weather okay.
Posted by: Laurie | Friday, December 12, 2008 at 09:23 PM
Congratulations! It's gorgeous!
Posted by: tiennie | Friday, December 12, 2008 at 05:37 PM
Congratulations! It's gorgeous!
Posted by: tiennie | Friday, December 12, 2008 at 05:30 PM
Congratulations! It's gorgeous!
Posted by: tiennie | Friday, December 12, 2008 at 05:29 PM
The yarn and pattern is really pretty! Congratulations!
Posted by: Debbie | Friday, December 12, 2008 at 04:56 PM
Congratulations! I love the yarn and pattern.
Posted by: jaci | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 08:13 PM
Congratulations! I love the yarn and pattern.
Posted by: jaci | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 08:08 PM
Oh - so pretty! It's one of 2 patterns that I printed from Knitty - Beautiful yarn/beautiful pattern!!
Posted by: Pat | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 03:27 PM
That came out beautifully. Lucky you to have such a lovely model.
Posted by: Judy | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Kim- I SAW THAT- and was so happy to see the advertisement in Knitty.
Kim + Anne= Fantastic!!
Posted by: Lorraine | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 10:43 AM
I'm wearing my beautiful Opulence shawl today and thinking of you!!
Posted by: margene | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 10:12 AM
It came out great - your yarn/"the other" Anne's pattern. Love it!!
Posted by: Anne | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 08:13 AM
Gorgeous project and beautiful yarn!
Posted by: AlpacaLindy | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 07:27 AM
I couldn't get on the knitty site yesterday when I tried so I hadn't seen this yet. Congratulations on a great collaboration with Anne!
Posted by: Carole | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 07:05 AM
I love the Opulence yarn! Just finished the Brambler using it and this pattern is so tempting!
So happy that you got in on this fun!! Secret Projects and all that stuff...
Posted by: Gina | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 06:01 AM
I think my other comment disappeared!! YAY! It looks GREAT and I'm not generally a neckwarmer grrl. LOVE that Opulence!!
Posted by: Kathy | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:16 PM
That's SO awesome! It's really pretty and, as you know, I'm not that into neckwarmers! LOVE LOVE LOVE Opulence!
Posted by: Kathy | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:12 PM
I missed this when I looked at Knitty this afternoon. My monitor at work sucks!! I need to go back and look for it now. I'm wearing my red flannel tesserae socks today!
Posted by: Diane | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 09:40 PM
I saw the new Knitty this afternoon and your ad right above the pattern. Very nice collaboration between you and Anne yet again! Lucky me- I own 4 skeins of Opulence! Off to pet it.... since I can't knit with it for a while :-)
Posted by: Manise | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 09:24 PM
Really pretty. Yeesh. I've been dying to find out! lol.
Posted by: Jean | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 08:18 PM
This is really lovely!!
Posted by: Renee | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 08:11 PM
Beautiful yarn and pretty pattern. I might have to think about some of this yarn after Christmas. Thanks for always having great colors for us to pick from.
Posted by: Sandy | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 07:49 PM