First, I want to thank yesterday’s commenters for sharing their thoughts about cables and variegated yarns.  I really appreciate the feedback as it helped me to “see” the swatch more objectively.  More than that, though, it helped me to see which way I was leaning.  I do want to make the hat using the Waterspun and I do want the cable.  After thinking about it overnight, I believe I’m going to give it a shot anyway.  Funny how just making the decision makes me feel…I don’t know…sort of gleeful?  Heheh…  Not like it’s an earth-shattering event or anything, it’s just pleasure at not being stuck any more :)

And, thanks to Bron’s timely post yesterday, I’m going to get off my duff and start something I’ve been mulling over for quite a while.

Some time ago, I bought this:

This is lace-weight, 75% kid mohair and 25% silk.  I’ve got, roughly, 1150 yards of it and it’s been marinating in the stash for over a year now because it’s so lovely and so fine that I’ve been afraid to touch it.  Well, I’m going to use it now for a crochet project.  I’m going to try making a circular shawl from this pattern:

The item in the picture was made with size 30 cotton and a size 10 hook and is about 30” in diameter.  I’ll be using the lace-weight mohair and a size 6 (F) hook for the shawl.  I haven’t any idea at the moment if I’ve got enough yarn to pull this off, but that’s part of the fun :) 

Just look at this stuff!  Isn’t it magnificent?  I can’t believe I’ve been letting it sit all this time because I was afraid of it!  It’s long since time I stopped telling myself that I wasn’t good enough or smart enough to play with the big kids’ toys.  In the words of the immortal Colonel Potter - “Mule Fritters!”  What did I buy it for?  To sit in the cupboard and rot?  Wouldn’t that be stupid!

As I think about getting started, I’m getting more and more into the idea.  This is going to be awesome - and beautiful!

So - one hat and one shawl to start today and a much improved outlook from yesterday.  Not so bad, you know?