A Return; Art Deco Inspiration

 

Well hello, friends! Since last we spoke, big exciting changes have been afoot in Chez Rat Cave, which I'll finally (finally, finally) be able to share sometime in May. I'm a bit superstitious about sharing good news on the internet until every single damn duck is properly lined up and quacking, so thanks for bearing with me!

But enough about that - onto the yarn! Last week, I celebrated my 27th birthday, and one of Blake's very thoughtful gifts to me was a trip out to Tolt Yarn & Wool in Carnation. My friend Jenny also happened to be working on Saturday - she's one of my rockstar test knitters, as well as a dear friend from my Issaquah Tinkers knit group - so it was great to squish yarn, catch up, and nerd out about yarn and projects with her.

And once I started squishing yarn, I went down a serious rabbit hole. I've been thinking a lot about Art Deco lately: the focus on functionality & beauty in art objects; the clean edges and intuitive symmetry; the soft, sophisticated color palette. As soon as I saw these colors of Quince & Co Piper sitting together on the table at Tolt, I had an idea - maybe a deeply unhinged one? - for a shawl inspired by a gorgeous Japanese vase from the 1930s, with a stained-glass-like motif down the center, contrasting white wings and a deep blue i-cord border.

So we'll see where that rabbit hole leads, I suppose!

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On a bloggy note, I've also been thinking for a while that it makes sense to reduce my posting schedule a bit, from three times a week to two, with posts on Wednesdays and Fridays. I'm hoping that slightly less blogging will give me more time to focus on designing and writing - both of which I've been doing a lot more of lately, and enjoying a great deal.

Happy Wednesday, friends!

<3

Cory