Camoflaged

I wanted to make this neck gaiter to wear with my heavy winter coat. The colorway of Lorna’s Laces Lion & Lamb I really wanted was “Gold Hill”, but I also planned on buying some other yarn along with it (the total of both would give me free shipping), but for months either one or the other was out of stock. Finally I gave up and bought the colorway “Camoflage”. I was a bit turned off by the name, but it was difficult to find colors that would go with my coat. When I bought the coat, I was walking to work every day, and wanted something that was both very warm and very visible. And I got it – I look like a walking construction cone in it. But at least I was a little less likely to get run over in the street. After I got the yarn, though, I wasn’t quite so excited about it. There was a lot of dark steel blue in it, and I wasn’t sure I was going to like it. And, in truth, it’s a little dull just to look at by itself. But as it turns out, the coat has a dark gray lining, and the colors actually work – and perhaps even better than the color I was originally looking at. But the irony of it. Wearing my bright orange construction cone costume coat for visibility, with a camoflage neck wrap. Go figure.

And the other yarn I bought with it? Filatura Di Crosa Zara for this shell. I’ve got to get working on it if I hope to wear it this Christmas.