The Hunt for Strawberry Red
I’ve wanted to knit the Child’s French Sock from Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush for forever. I tried knitting them in Amethyst from Cherry Tree Hill. Wrong color. I nearly cast on in Malabrigo Impressionist Skies (medium blue) and Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in Pine (med-dark green), but I realized that they were the wrong colors too. I wanted Strawberry Red, and I couldn’t find it. I found scarlet, vermillion, crimson, barn red, apple red, Christmas red, rosy-red, orange-red, you name it. But not stawberry red: a true but soft red.
Then a few weeks ago, M called me at work from the chair lift he was riding while taking the day off to ski. He was having a wonderful time. The weather and skiing were glorious! I went shopping at Sundara Yarn. And there it was: Confessions! Confessions! a.k.a. strawberry red. I bought it (and perhaps some other colors too) and waited for it to arrive. It looked good. And then I waited for the strawberries to come in to compare.
How do you think I did?
Looks good to me, and I love pattern! Now, I think I’ll go and have strawberries on my cereal for breakfast.
That sounds like the perfect reason to go shopping! I’d glad you found your strawberry yarn 🙂
Pretty good! *nom nom nom*
Brenda- Who knew there were so many reds. Sundara is lovely.
Beautiful yarn and sock! Truly strawberry…
Definitely. It even looks juicy! I love a successful quest!
Spot on match! I just got some strawberries at the market, too. Mmmmmm.
Haha, Hubby’s going to a boy bonding golf weekend later this month. I may have to break down and buy some yarn for myself to, you know, balance things out.
Ohh, that really is the perfect strawberry red! Those are going to be beautiful and perfect for spring.