Ever since my first forays into Ravelry... I have wanted to try working with Malabrigo. The reputation for super soft, squishy singles, with beautiful kettled dyed shades - how can a knitter resist? Seriously!
So when I was in Moncton last week at Cricket Cove, and they had a whole gigantic rack of this stuff, and in practically every color too... I really really had to resist the urge to knock the rack over and spend the afternoon rolling around in Malabrigo fantasticness!
I have been wanting to make myself a cardigan for a while, but I have not had great luck with creating fitted garments to my *coughROUNDahem* body shape. Ysolda Teague's Liesl only takes 3 skeins of Malabrigo Worsted, so the investment is fairly reasonable, and the cardigan itself is made up of Feather and Fan style lace, so I think it should be fairly forgiving as far as size goes too. I have a couple of vintage buttons from my Grandmother's button jar... one of which is about an inch across, round, made of shell or mother or pearl. I think it will make a great match with this steely blue color too :)
Mmmmmalabrigo - Stone Blue #99