Amsterdam: A Knitter's Souvenir
Way back in 2023, I visited Stephen & Penelope in Amsterdam. And of course, I bought some yarn. I can't find a picture of the yarn in the skein. It was a fade of La Bien Aimée Super Sock yarns, in Vespiopeia, Jasper, Tidal Sand, The North, and Elise. I came home with a fingering weight, super-wash array of yarn. But I realized I didn't want to knit a shawl, which is what most of the patterns for this yarn would fit. Time passed. I knit other things. And I got the idea of knitting a cardigan, and using Lamb and Kid's Birdie yarn as a carry-along, both to blend the colors, and to give the fine superwash yarns some body. I'd knit a cardigan, in the same shape as my favorite Pressed Flowers Cardigan. Last spring, my sister and I visited our dear friend who lives on Bainbridge Island. She's a knitter, so it wasn't hard to ask for a trip to Lamb and Kid. I chose the color Scout in the Birdie yarn, to go with my La Bien Aimée yarn. Last summer, I knit a cou...
