Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Clifford Red

A while ago I bought two skeins of Knitpicks Andean Treasure, 100% baby alpaca, in Hot Rod Heather. It was on closeout sale and I though if I liked the color I would buy enough for a sweater.

Just looking at my skeins, I wasn't impressed with the color, didn't order any more, and now it's a discontinued color.


Then I did some swatching with it, shown above, and fell in love with the color.

So . . . Does anyone have 15 or more skeins of Andean Treasure Hot Rod Heather they'd like to sell? Please email me.


Last week I was wearing the red hat (above) and my red Land's End Squall Jacket at the grocery store when a little boy about two years old pulled on my arm and said, "mumble, bumble, ump, dog."

I greeted him and asked him to repeat what he said so I might understand. He repeated, "mumble, bumble, ump, dog."

Then his mother appeared and translated, "You look like Clifford the dog."

Now I can't wear my red coat without thinking I look like Clifford. But, that's OK. It's a pleasant thought.


One of my yarn Christmas/birthday gifts from Idaho was more red yarn. This is On-line Cosmo, 75% Merino, 5% cashmere, and 25% nylon.

I'm thinking maybe a pair of Cookie A. socks from Knit.Sock.Love which should be arriving any day now. Or maybe a scarf to complete my Clifford look.

9 comments:

  1. Great color. I hope you can find more of it. Clifford is one of the good guys.......

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  2. I knew exactly who you meant when I read the title! Clifford the Big Red Dog!! I don't have the yarn, but it's pretty!

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  3. No yarn here, either, but it sure is a beauty! You aren't Aries by any chance?

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  4. It is a wonderful color. You might try Ravelry. Quite a few people have this color. You might be able to talk someone out of theirs.

    http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/knit-picks-andean-treasure/stashes?status=&cf=red&photoless=0&search=

    The story of the little boy is cute.

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  5. Clifford, so funny. I'll call the store that is closing by me and see if by chance they have your yarn....

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  6. How cute! I supposed you could do worse. At least you weren't wearing purple and being called Barney! Can't help with the yarn - I have no red in either my wardrobe or my stash. I did by some "almost" red for some socks. Maybe I need to remedy that. Your hat looks beautiful! Have you tried looking for the yarn on Ravelry?

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  7. Oh, Clifford is GOOD people, er, dog!

    And I'm wondering, could you feel the earth quake?

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  8. Did you design the hat pattern? It is very pretty.

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  9. I agree with the other Kathy, the hat is wonderful

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