Very Sweet Dreams

I've been buying less yarn lately. In fact, I think I may have gone as much as a couple of months with no new yarn - quite an achievement. Even when I did buy, it was for a specific project and was used immediately. I've not bought speculatively in some time.

But, when I was in Dublin in March, I fell completely and madly in love with Coolree: 50% Silk / 50% Merino in the most stunning shades. Subtly variegated, enough to make it interesting but not too much to clash with lace. I could have spent all my euros and then some! I restricted myself to a single, wonderful skein.

So the hunt was immediately on to find the perfect pattern. One skein. Pretty. Challenging. Different.

And this is where I, again, have to thank the fabulous This Is Knit as they had several shawls by Boo Knits made up in the shop. Once I started looking for patterns I realised pretty quickly where I was going to find something perfect!

In the end I bought the In Love collection with the specific intention of knitting Sweet Dreams but at least two others are firmly in my queue now (and some of my speculative yarn is ready and waiting!)

The pattern is great. Clear and effective with a beautiful effect. The picot edging took a while but I was prepared for that and it actually didn't take as long as I'd expected. Even if it had taken twice as long I wouldn't have cared, not when I finally lifted the finished product after blocking.

It's really hard to explain how lovely it is, partly because of how it moves! The weight of the beads is just perfect and the soft, soft, soft yarn drapes amazingly. A couple of people have tried to sneak off with it, everyone has had to have a squish and a swish of it. It's a gorgeous pattern for wonderful yarn. I couldn't love it more!