I know I have spent a good deal of time here talking about 'Chocqua' and all that it has to offer, but I am starting to wonder if it isn't the 'choc' part of the equation that I am truly gaga over. Recently I have been all about brown. It's the perfect foil and never fails to make the other part of whatever it's combined with 'pop'. The above-pictured Hazel Knits 'Chocolatier' was just about the most exciting yarn I have ever received in the mail. Can you believe how utterly gorgeous it is? Such depth and rich color. If you haven't given Wendee's yarn a try, you should, because she is also one of the nicest Etsy people ever!
Over the break I also indulged in another brown passion: Malabrigo. This matchy-matchy hat and mittens combo were knit in the car between PA. and NJ. while listening to the kids battle over the center seat while they called each other 'fat' and 'retarded'. I have so much to be proud of as a mother, don't you think? Once at our destination, I finished them up while chewing glass listening to a relative talk about how global warming is a 'liberal hoax'. Happy Holidays!
Peeper-lou was an obliging FO model and noted that these were "the softest hat and mittens ever". Malabrigo: you come for the unbelievable array of colors, you stay for the almost criminally indulgent softness.
The Specs:
Hat: Dulles hat--a fun, trippy pattern that yields a fun, hippie hat
Mittens: Basic Mittens on 4 Needles, Ann Norling
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted in #181 Marron Oscuro
Needles Addi Turbo, size 8
I agree -- brown makes everything better. I'm not a huge fan of pink, for example, but pink and brown? Delish.
ReplyDeleteThis little set looks so cute and comfy! I just started my very first Malabrigo project the other day and MAN, do i see what all the fuss is about. That stuff is sooooooft.
Delightful. I need to get some Malabrigo. Soon.
ReplyDeleteOh, you are an enabler today. I think Peeper-Lou has a future in modeling. Those eyelashes!
ReplyDeleteI need some more yarn (like a hole in the head) but the brown - gorgeous! I really should get some Malabrigo just to snuggle. Your hat and mitts are fabulous - your daughter is a doll - is she "fat" or "retarded"?:) Aint parenting grand?
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ReplyDeleteYUMMMM chocolately goodness. The hat and mittens look super soft. mmmmmmMalabrigo...must get my hands on some. :) I keep hearing such wonderful things about it.
ReplyDeleteI do love the richness of chocolate (yarn, that is), yet I don't wear it often. That yarn looks yummy, like toffey. The Malabrigo--what can I say that hasn't already been said? It is simply the best. And how adorable is your daughter? What a great model. Oh, and the "liberal hoax"? Hilarious!
ReplyDeleteIt is a really nice color. I think I best get into some malabrigo.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful model and hat/mittens.
ReplyDeleteI love brown too [another thing we have in common].
Of course I love the Chocolatier, however the Malabrigo leaves me breathless! Note to self - make sure LYS gets browns in next time!
ReplyDeleteYou are too sweet :)
ciao!
PS - check out CraftyFrog's Freyas in Chocolatier - yummy! http://thecraftyfrog.blogspot.com/. I SO have my eye on that pattern now!
If I dropped acid, I would've just flashed back to my childhood car fights. Of course, you'd have to throw in the ubiquitous "Shotgun!" brawls to really round things out.
ReplyDeleteLovely hat and mittens - on such a lovely model!
I am eyeing Chocolate Fondue for my bedroom paint colour so I am with you on the chocolate love. I am equally smitten with the Malabrigo and the hat and mitts look to die for. It is a really funky pattern too.
ReplyDeleteHey! I got that yarn! I do! I do! And in that color! wow! I felt like we shared a moment there....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful hat, lovely mittens. Glad to hear that someone else has those kinds of parenting moments.
ReplyDeleteI love me some brown. But brown Malabrigo? Few things can compare...well, maybe the first yarn featured here... cute mittens and hat!
ReplyDeletebrown malabrigo? fabulous!!
ReplyDeletereally, i was living under a rock...i had no idea how fabulous this was!
your daughter is just too cute for those words to come out of her mouth! i just don't believe you....LIAR!!! :)
All I could think of while looking at the pictures in this post was "mmmm, chocolate!" Love the brown, love the hat & mitten set. Does Peeper-lou ever give you a problem when you want the FOs back after the photo shoot? I know I'd want to keep anything made of Malabrigo.
ReplyDeleteWow, what beautiful colors. I wish I weren't on a yarn diet :-(
ReplyDeleteMmmm, I love brown!!! Oh my, the hat and mittens look sssoooo sssoooffftttt.
ReplyDeleteMmmm, chocolate... Malabrigo is your best friend (until it starts to pill). Even then, though, you realize that it's so cheap, you can simply knit another hat/mitten/armwarmer...
ReplyDelete(Yes, I've been disillusioned, and yes, I've bounced back).
With two republican parents, I feel your holiday family pain (although we do get along quite well because we do NOT discuss politics). Love the hat and mitts. Brown is such a lovely color at times.
ReplyDeleteI loves me some Brown. My last 2 hats were knit from Malabrigo. It's magically soft.
ReplyDeletemmmmmalabrigo.... mmmmmmm....
ReplyDeleteLoving all of the brown - and the trippy hat.
Dude I had a similar "discussion" with some of my relatives - only they refused to believe that there were people out there that think global warming isn't happening. I could not get through to them that lots of people think it's a "hoax". Seriously. So thanks for mentioning it b/c you totally just proved me right!
Chocolicious!
ReplyDeleteI'm on a brown kick too--and I just got back from a lunchtime jaunt to Purl Patchwork, which is well stocked with chocolate tones...perfect for a baby quilt. Totally edible hat and mitts.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the glass-chewing. Last time I was home, I had the pleasure of hearing my 10-year-old, thoroughly indoctrinated nephew advocating waterboarding. I almost puked.
Chocolate and malabrigo? Scrumtrelescent!
ReplyDeleteWhat sweet pics and knits! I have been loving brown lately too and I never used to. My wardrobe keeps acquiring new brown items.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute set! I love it, especially the hat! The meathead hats (which I've never heard of; I must really be out of it!) also look great! That chocolate sock yarn was giving me serious chocolate cravings for a few seconds, there, too. Mmm.
ReplyDeletevery lovely chocolate hat and mitts! I do love brown.
ReplyDeletearen't relatives fun during holidays? gah!
I'm *so* with you on the brown. It's like your favorite jeans - comfy, and goes perfect with everything (if you're lucky it might even make your butt look good! But I'm still working on that theory)!
ReplyDeleteThe hat and mitts are adorable and I am seriously coveting your Chocolatier. Must.Wait.Until.After.Christmas.
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I am a brownaholic myself...
ReplyDeleteLovely young FO model, and yummy brownalicious warm stuff!
Mmmmm... all that brown looks delicious. I now covet your lovely hat and mittens (Peeper-lou models them well)!
ReplyDeleteI'm such a follower. I got two skeins of sock yarn from Hazel Knits (one of them , Chocolatier, natch) and I had to, had to, had to get that Meathead pattern. I couldn't wait until Spring.
ReplyDeleteBless your enabling sox....
Oh, and Wendee thought you were fabulous and she asked me to tell you , HI!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks good enough to eat. Malabrigo is to die for and Choclatier looks unbelievably yummy!
ReplyDeleteThat Malabrigo is making my mouth water. I love brown. As a redhead, it's one of the few colors I can wear comfortably.
ReplyDeleteMy kids have learned the phrase, "Shut up." As in: "Shut up!" "No, you shut up!" "No YOU shut up!" I wish they'd both shut up.
Go browns! Yes indeed it is the new black especially with yarn as beautiful as that Malabrigo - I must have it. I know exactly what I'm going to knit. Thanks for sharing. You have saved me many hhours of searching for the next yarn to buy.
ReplyDeleteAwww, the yummyness! The brown is ever so luscious and amazingly beautiful in this shade - and the Malabrigo has me drooling all over my keyboard ;) Gorgeous hat- and mitten-set!
ReplyDeleteYou are quite the yarn temptress aren't you? That Chocolatier looks phenomenal.
ReplyDeletemmm... LOVE the Malabrigo. Those look so so so soft. I can't wait to indulge in some Malabrigo purchasing at Stitches West.
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