MAY 5, 2013

fiber focus: diana color & crystal

With the weather slowly warming up and everything in bloom, it's getting harder to wear all of our favorite scarves, cowls, and other warm weather acoutrements--some might say this is the saddest time of year for knitters and crocheters, as all the beautiful accessories we've worked so hard to make all winter long are safely stowed away until next season.

We have to respectfully disagree! You needn't face the day with a bare neck and a feeling of loss; it's simply time for a change of pace, for something airier to light up those shoulders and reflect that blazing sun we've all waited so patiently for!

The BERNADETTE SCARF is a gorgeous warm weather scarf, perfect for the shifting Spring season. It alternates DIANA COLOR and CRYSTAL, an unlikely but surprisingly agreeable pairing. DIANA COLOR's gorgeous metallic melange of colors, which look almost like watercolor blends, meld perfectly with CRYSTAL's shimmering, paillette-studded laceweight solids. The effect is an open, airy scarf with the thicker sections of DIANA COLOR actually lengthening and opening the finer sections of CRYSTAL. Wear it bundled around your neck on cooler nights or lazily draped over your shoulders on warmer days--this is an all-weather scarf you'll never need to stow away!

S. Charles Collezione yarns are renowned for their mix-and-match qualities--buy one ball of one yarn and you're sure to find a matching or complementary colorway in another yarn. It's a fabulously easy way to create highly-textural knits with a lot of dimension. The BERNADETTE SCARF is a great example of how beautifully our yarns marry, and to make the job of choosing a little easier (and what a difficult job that is!), we've created a BERNADETTE COLOR COMBO primer with each of the 5 color combinations seen at right--from top to bottom, they are Garnet/Amethyst, Gold Mine, Turquoise/Amber, Jade/Amethyst, and Precious Metals. Of course, feel free to make up your own color combinations; that is the beauty of our yarns--they all get along splendidly!

DESIGN NOTE: The open look of BERNADETTE is achieved via a series of knit rows and yarnover rows for a very light scarf with easy details. For 25 ways to wear a scarf (all fabulous) watch this very informative video!

DESIGNER QUOTE: "A good Spring scarf is essential to any wardrobe, and having one that sparkles as beautifully as BERNADETTE is an added bonus. I especially love that it has some stretch to it, as it can be easily worn over the shoulders like a shawl."--Teresa Chorzepa

BERNADETTE is in the LIMELIGHT Collection, available at your LYS and online now.

5 lucky knitters will win a FREE copy of LIMELIGHT! Tell us your favorite color combination on facebook for a chance to win!

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