On your mark...

Today is the official start day. I had lunch with Dawn and by the time we parted we had enjoyed a cool brew (root beer), were full of good food (grass roots café) and had purchased yarn. We went around Windsor Button and just pulled out all feasible lace yarn (and even fingering yarn). Then sat down and tried to figure out which worked best for her. She really wanted to go with a color but in the end went with the classic white. For awhile there a nice muted Kelly green was in the running (in several different brands, including the wonderful malabrigo) as well as some autumnal orange/red variegated yarns. She’s an unconventional bride. Her wedding dress is a spring dress from anthropologie that is white with other colors in it. The wedding is a fall wedding. So we were torn. But in the end played it safe and went with the neutral color (and in lace weight so none of my fancy finagling to get the pattern right).  I got 4 balls of the Misti Alpaca Lace (color 100, lot 971) which gives me almost a whole spare ball of yarn. I bought my first pair of bamboo needles – size 3, 36” circulars. I have my yarn, my needles, my pattern – I’m ready to go!

Now the dilemma is that I have no scrap yarn for the provisional cast on. I did buy one other ball of yarn at the store, some Debbie Bliss cahmerino aran, but it cost $9 I think so I’m not touching it. I’m going to be itching to get going tonight when I get home. Wish me well that there aren’t too many false starts before I get my rhythm going. I’ve trolled through some of the ravelry posts already and it looks like a manageable pattern – memorizable and not too fussy.

A special shout out for those who helped me get going on this project. I’m sure this isn’t the last time you hear from me.