Tuesday, October 06, 2009

ELFWARE, PART TWO

Elfware unfolds

Some of you may remember this summer when I fell in love with a certain shade of green once called 'kelly' but which is really a lighter shade of elf. As greens go, this one is caught somewhere between emerald and jade. It is also difficult to find in yarn. I mean, yarn dyers probably think to themselves 'who would wear such a shade?' Well, me, of course. I have decidedly elf-like leanings and picture myself cavorting through field and glen dressed in this very verdant elfin green. Earlier in the summer, pre-Prednesone, I could almost get away with it but, as time went on and I expanded, I began to look like the Pilsbury Doughboy had hit the food coloring. Never mind, I can bear up under a green muffin top or two. I kept going elfin.

Right into Santa Fe this September when I had set myself the mission to find Elf-green yarn to fashion a wrap to go with my leafy splendor. Santa Fe always delivers, with five yarn stores how could it not? I found a thick hank of green sari silk made of strips of silk sari fabric (as opposed to the spun kind) plus silk, alpaca and odds and ends of this most emerald of hues. To mix with the magic I chose dark brown co-mingled with sparkly bits, complements of Great Adirondack's holograph sparkles, and a thick, bumby, thick-and-thin yarn which created a texture edging to my wrap in a snap. I'm in bliss! I now have an elfin wrap to go with my clothes!

To refresh your memory (if you don't mind, I'd rather not show the after picture until the

puffiness goes away)