Did you know that Green and Pettine rhyme? Actually I think I name most of my patterns so strangely that most folks have no idea how to pronounce them. So here’s a primer for the ones that I think are open to interpretation:
Gaenor (GUH-nor) – Um, I can’t remember where I got this one. Or why I decided it was pronounced the way it was. But some folks refer to it as the Gloria Gaynor shawl, so everytime I’m thinking about it I end up singing “I Will Survive”
Argante (Are-GONE-tay) – This one is a name from Arthurian legends. The Queen of Avalon.
Katara (Kuh-TAR-uh) – This one is easy. This is named after the heroine in the cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Which is awesome for grown-ups and kids. I can’t wait to see the movie. This was one of the few designs I named sort of based on color. Katara is from the North pole where it is icy and watery – like the yarn color.
Lotier (Low-TEE-ay) – This one is French(ish) for lotus. I thought the lace pattern I came up with looked like lotus flowers.
Sariel (SAR-ee-el) – This is a rarely used name for an Archangel. The Malabrigo colorway is Archangel. I soooo wanted to photograph this shawl draped over an angel statue but I couldn’t find anything locally.
And of course Pettine (PUH-teen) rhymes with green. And Pettine is a variation of a word for little scallops. Which I thought the lovely top edging looked like. And it’s the reason we are here today. It’s a PicnicKnits contest!!!!
Today’s contest is for one skein of the loveliest green Malabrigo sock yarn – Lettuce to be exact, and the Pettine pattern to go with it! If you’ve not used the Malabrigo sock yarn, well it’s just as squishy and delicious as it looks!
Here’s how you play. You leave a comment with your favorite color – and your favorite fingering weight yarn (if you have one!). All comments for this contest must be posted before 6AM Eastern Standard Time on Friday May 14th. I will choose a winner by random number on Friday morning. You will receive the yarn and a hard copy of the Pettine pattern. Anyone in the world can enter. I will tell you that I will be sending the package 1st class US mail, so if you live somewhere very far away it might take a bit to get to you. But it will get there.
Good luck!
Purple! Not lavender, but plum, violet, rich, deep purple. It’s been my favorite for a long time now. Apparently when I was little I wanted to change my name to Violet!
Oh dear, so much gorgeousness.
My favorite color? Lately I’ve been loving deep, dark versions of my usual favorites. Think turquoise overdyed with black to darken, with flecks of the original color still shining through. Or the same over a healthy red wine. I think I actually have a skein of Malabrigo sock in a dark wine color that fits that description. Now I must go hump my stash.
My favorite fingering weight yarn? Not including my own I just can’t get past the Malabrigo sock. It’s the softest merino I’ve felt and there are so many gorgeous colorways that can’t be passed up. Beyond that, possibly Handgefaerbt. The base is amazingly soft and the colorways are to die for, even if some pool like mad.
Tough call, but I think my favorite color is deep magenta. And, just now, my favorite fingering-weight yarn is Sanguine Gryphon Little Traveller, but that could change at any moment!
I love red, any red. And Mal sock is easily my fave fingering yarn.
Hmm… I am in love with all sorts of yarn, and I do enjoy knitting with both commercial and hand-dyed yarns. Can I say all of them? As for color, I enjoy earth tones mixed with jewel ones. =:8
My favourite colour is purple, any shade, and this has been my colour since I was a child.
My favourite fingering weight yarn is anything from sprouty25.etsy.com who has amazing colours!
I love yellowy greens and my favorite fingering weight yarn is a toss up between Bugga and any Sundara.
Wow, hard to decide on a favourite colour. For a long time it was teal or something in the blue-green family…but these days I find I’ve got a wandering eye as far as colour is concerned! My favourite fingering weight yarn to date has been koigu kpppm (have I got enough p’s in there?); just used it for the 1st time on a shawletter and it felt lovely to knit. Have never tried Malabrigo, but would love to! A few ladies in our knit group have used the Mal worsted and it was beautifully squishy! M-m-m…that lettuce green would make one pretty pettine!
I like aqua/blue-green colors most of the time, but purple would be a close second. Currently my favorite sock yarn is Felici by Knit Picks, sooo soft and beautiful color combinations.
My favorite color, by far, is green. LOVE it in any shade! My favorite fingering weight yarn? Well, as of right now, I’ve only used a few so far, but Malabrigo is my favorite of them.