Apple Pie double-knitting

On April 9, 2011, in Blackheart, double knitting, yarn, by Anna

I’ve been plotting and scheming for a new double-knitting project, and have been eying the delightful Apple Pie yarn from Apple Laine for a while.  The colours are amazing and the yarn is soft, yet strong (and for some reason I think it smells lovely too).  I’ve used Apple Pie for a design in the past – Blackheart – and also for some socks, and my Faux Russian Stole, quite some time ago.  Anyway, Cindy kindly offered to send me some colours to play with, to pick the perfect colour combination, and the package arrived yesterday.

I opened it and nearly fell over when I saw this collection of yarny goodness.Look at all those colours!  I’m overwhelmed and don’t even know where to start.

Probably somewhere near this end:

I’ve been checking out a few different combinations by holding the skeins up against each other, and I think I’ll be casting on with these two first:

 

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