Monday, November 14, 2011

I thought it was gone forever

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Then I found Armytage again.

The 'Side Saddle' colourway reminded me enough of the old 'Sticky Date' that I just had to order several balls of it and make more brown pears. Indeed, these are brown/white/grey pears, but I'm just as happy. I certainly could manipulate the striping to just get browns, but I quite enjoyed just knitting the pears and letting the colours fall where they would. The four below (pre-felting) are from a single ball.

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I did order a few other colours as well. And now that I have confirmed it really is the same old Armytage, I won't be able to resist stocking up again soon.

9 comments:

DZ said...

I love their bottoms!!!

Karen said...

Oh, I love Armytage. Those new colourways are not as monochromatic as the ones I used to be able to get here. I wonder if thata store will ship to North America? It might be worth paying the (sure to be) exorbitant shipping just to have some Armytage again.

Karen said...

*that* store

amy said...

That's lovely looking stuff-I clicked on the link. And I love the pears. They just don't get old, you know. They're always delightful!

Donna Lee said...

I love seeing that you made more pears. There's something beguiling about them

Anonymous said...

oh these are just lovely! your pears are always awesome but this colour is just perfect! yay for favourite yarn discoveries!

Demelza said...

they remind me of bosc pears. I like these guys.

Alwen said...

I, too, love their bottoms!

Anonymous said...

That is such a beautiful photo. The colours of the amazing pears, the colour of the background and the crack in the concrete. It's perfect. Can I put a framed enlargement on a birthday wishlist? ily ma