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dichroicSince there are at least a few people who read this who are knitters, some who are very fond of purple, a few with a good eye for clothing, some excellent cooks and a few foodies, I think this is the best place to ask for advice.
1. My birthday gift from my parents just arrived, and it is yarn! Specifically, the same Dream in Color Classy that I so enjoyed knitting with when I made my mom's sweater. (I might've mentioned how I liked it when she asked for suggestions...) Mom managed to pick colors that are simultaneously gorgeous and something I'd probably not choose myself (the gifting ideal, right?) and she sent 5 skeins, of 250 yards each, plenty for a sweater. Here's the tricky part: two skeins are in the colorway Dusky Aurora and three in Visual Purple. (That's why the link above goes to Webs and not DiC's own website: the colors shown at Webs are much closer to the yarn I have. For some reason DiC is showing completely different colorways with the same names.) I think they go togther beautifully, but subtly: I don't want to do something like a stripe because there's not enough contrast, and I think a purple body with aurora sleeves might look odd. Yet they're so pretty together I do want to use them in one thing, and not, say, make a vest of one and a bag of the other. What would you do?
One thing I'm considering is a sweater knitted in the round and begun in one color, then alternating with one round of the new color, a couple of the old, two of the new,one of the old - sort of feathering out color change, so it's purple on top and aurora below or vice versa. What do you think?
2. Once I move, I will be able to leave work at 5 most days, rarely after 6. (Compared to always after 6, sometimes as late as 7, now. ) I expect to have a lot fewer night-time telecons, and I'll just generally have more free time in the way that you somehow do when you're on your own. Further, I'll only have to cater to my own tastes and my own (relatively small) appetite - Ted eats a lot more and prefers a lot more meaty meals than I do. Since I intend to cook more instead of always eating out as we did when we lived in Eindhoven before, I hope to find a butcher (not impressed with the meat at the grocery!) and to visit the outdoor markets for better produce (for veggies, the grocery was OK but not spectacular, and they have a lot less fruits than in Taiwan). Tell me what you know about cooking for one and eating well, about cooking from meats and produce instead of prepared foods (less of those and they're different than American ones), about making the best use of the great wines and breads and cheeses that are available there.
1. My birthday gift from my parents just arrived, and it is yarn! Specifically, the same Dream in Color Classy that I so enjoyed knitting with when I made my mom's sweater. (I might've mentioned how I liked it when she asked for suggestions...) Mom managed to pick colors that are simultaneously gorgeous and something I'd probably not choose myself (the gifting ideal, right?) and she sent 5 skeins, of 250 yards each, plenty for a sweater. Here's the tricky part: two skeins are in the colorway Dusky Aurora and three in Visual Purple. (That's why the link above goes to Webs and not DiC's own website: the colors shown at Webs are much closer to the yarn I have. For some reason DiC is showing completely different colorways with the same names.) I think they go togther beautifully, but subtly: I don't want to do something like a stripe because there's not enough contrast, and I think a purple body with aurora sleeves might look odd. Yet they're so pretty together I do want to use them in one thing, and not, say, make a vest of one and a bag of the other. What would you do?
One thing I'm considering is a sweater knitted in the round and begun in one color, then alternating with one round of the new color, a couple of the old, two of the new,one of the old - sort of feathering out color change, so it's purple on top and aurora below or vice versa. What do you think?
2. Once I move, I will be able to leave work at 5 most days, rarely after 6. (Compared to always after 6, sometimes as late as 7, now. ) I expect to have a lot fewer night-time telecons, and I'll just generally have more free time in the way that you somehow do when you're on your own. Further, I'll only have to cater to my own tastes and my own (relatively small) appetite - Ted eats a lot more and prefers a lot more meaty meals than I do. Since I intend to cook more instead of always eating out as we did when we lived in Eindhoven before, I hope to find a butcher (not impressed with the meat at the grocery!) and to visit the outdoor markets for better produce (for veggies, the grocery was OK but not spectacular, and they have a lot less fruits than in Taiwan). Tell me what you know about cooking for one and eating well, about cooking from meats and produce instead of prepared foods (less of those and they're different than American ones), about making the best use of the great wines and breads and cheeses that are available there.
