Please help me pick a color to match my kick-ass dress ;)

[Sabrina]

OOOOH, I LOVE this dress! I am so happy I won it. It's my treat to myself since we just got our return. (ok, that and some yarn, LOL)
It was way more than I wanted to spend, but still half of what a custom would have cost. (can you tell I'm still feeling guilty???).

Anyways, enough babbling. I want to make a shawl to go with it for when it's cooler. What color do you think? And should I do a super large square shawl (for anyone who has Folk Shawls, I think it's page 109), or do a smaller shawl?

I was thinking PF Ukranian Red or the black.

Any suggestions???

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Fatale/DOTDdress.jpg

[~Jo~]

I vote for red, I mean you'll get noticed in the dress anyways, so why not go all out? ;) A black shawl to me means a funeral (you know like those older italian movies) ;)

[Ruth]

Red :)

[Sabrina]

Good point. I was leaning to red too. Might as well go all out. ;)

So what size shawl do you think? Very large square one, or smaller (around the shoulders) rectangular one? Or do you think a triangular one would look better?
I am so indecisive, LOL.

[littleturtlemama]

I vote red, and a triangle shawl instead of a big square one ;) The dress is definitely late spring/summery, so a big thick shawl seems kind of out of place with it. A more delicate triangle shawl would be perfect :)

[Sabrina]

Good point. And then it can drape down my back if I feel like covering my back up.

Now to find a pattern....

I need to decide before this evening so I can get my order in on the co-op. If I can't decide in time, how many do you think I should get, just in case? I was thinking 10, because whatever's left over I can always find a use for. ;)

[knittingmama]

The Paisley Lace Shawl from the new IK might look nice.

[Meredith]

Red.

[twouglyducks]

Red, triangle. Not tiny but not huge and bulky either. :D

[whitecalx]

I think just bright, bright red! Wow that would look cool!

[Sabrina]

I must have just looked at over a dozen patterns online and I'm still not finding anything I that I think would look good w/the dress.
I want something feminine, but not *old* looking. I saw a pretty one done w/hearts on it, but I'm not sure if that would look right. I was thinking something lacy, but I might have to switch yarns then.

[Sabrina]

Oooh, there are some pretty ones shown here:
http://www.fibertrends.com/viewer/V4_shawls.html

Or:
This one (http://www.eweknitkits.com/cgi-bin/ams/cs/shopzone30.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=514&p_catid=38&sid=GrF0B1ETJ lD2NU-40105476555.7c)
Any suggestions? Or no on all of them?

[mamapez]

Congratulations on your score!!! I actually think a red shrug would be perfect! No point in covering up your beautiful new dress. :)

[ladydemetreis]

Hmm, maybe a combo of red and black???

[littleturtlemama]

I think the wool peddler's shawl in Folk Shawls is beautiful. The sample is even knit in red ;) it's fate!

[twouglyducks]

On the first link, Sabrina, maybe one of the capelets? Or the peace or butterfly one.
http://knitting.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/khs%2Ddiam.html

[Sabrina]

Theresa,
You're right! How did I miss that one? Sheesh.
That is pretty. Plus it will also be nice to wear in the fall when we do all of our Halloween stuff. ;) (I'm not thinking ahead or anything, LOL)

[Adamina]

Wow, what a great dress. I'm going to go against the majority and say green, like the leaves. Red would be too much, I think, with all the red in the dress. Plus, it would be hard to get the right kind of red. If not green, I would do black. And stick with an open kind of shawl that you can see some of the dress through.

[Sabrina]

On the first link, Sabrina, maybe one of the capelets? Or the peace or butterfly one.
http://knitting.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/khs%2Ddiam.html



I love that Peace one! I would love to make that one, even if to match something else. :)

[YarnJunkie]

Congratulations on your score!!! I actually think a red shrug would be perfect! No point in covering up your beautiful new dress. :)

i was thinking the same thing. a red shrug.

[Sabrina]

Ok, I'm an idiot. What's the difference between a shawl and a shrug? I've never heard that term before.

[stormintheattic]

Definately red! And something soft & flowing. Being the embroiderer I am I would take an idea from the fabric & embroider it on the scarf somewhere, maybe use it as a sort of closure?

[YarnJunkie]

shrug
http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/projects/mar99_knit.html

[ravingcutie]

Peace Fleece has sport weight wool, too. In case you want something lighter!

[botannie]

Maybe something like this http://www.keyboardbiologist.net/KnittingGallery/KoiguCharlottesWeb.htm but in black or red. I second the light, flowy idea. I keep picturing one of those black spanish lace shawls...you know? I think flamenco dancers wear them?

[Sabrina]

I ckecked what PF has in sportweight. No red.:(
I might have to switch yarns if I decide to go with something lighter, and that's fine.

And the colors on that shawl are amazing! Wow.

[Susan_WW]

I keep picturing that dress with something really open and light, almost like a spiderweb, in black. Unfortunately, I don't have any links for you but maybe someone else here does.