Yesterday a few of us went on a field trip to one of the local knitting shops in Cincinnati (Fiberge). We were on the hunt for materials for our first MyCraftivity Knitalong (details to follow soon)! Prior to this, my only experience in shopping for yarn was at the big box craft chains. Let's just say this shop had a lot more options to choose from...

               

It was good that we had to find a certain kind of yarn (Cascade 220) so that narrowed down the options quite a bit. Then came the color choices!

The greens alone required intense inspection!

I started with magenta, switched that out for shades of brown, at one point had a heather gray combination in my arms, and finally, 45 minutes later, settled on a nice combination of blues. We all had a tough time deciding on the two contrasting yarns the pattern calls for. We all ended up with color choices that suited us pretty well.

I chose the royal blue-and-navy combo; Jessica picked heathered green and slate blue; and Kim decided to go monochromatic with a tweedy white flecked with bright colors. Jessica bullied her into agreeing to knit in a simple line of red for accent

You never know how tough it's going to be until you're staring at all those different colors. It can be quite overwhelming. Does anyone have any great tips on choosing colors?

We're hoping to get the knitalong started sometime next week, so stay tuned for a pic of the project, the pattern and a list of materials that you'll need. Here's a hint: The pattern comes from Fitted Knits by Stefanie Japel.

Eileen