Trim

Last week I had my little wake up moment when I realized I would have to rip and re-knit Deco a couple of sizes larger.

I didn't want to do it right away, however, because the pattern calls for facing the button bands with ribbon and I wanted to purchase that trim with visual reference in hand for an informed decision. (At least the thing, as knit, was useful for something!)

As part of a larger yarn crawling day I stopped in at Mokuba on Queen West last Wednesday. The best store for ribbons in the city (as far as I know). Mokuba's across the street, roughly midway between Romni and Americo.

Its visually clean and uncluttered, impeccably organized and the staff are blessedly detached (in my opinion) leaving one to browse without interruption. They make no effort to engage or gush. "Clinical" would be an apt description. Faced with thousands of options, clinical allows me to keep a cool head - important as I considered...

• Polka Dots to give visual relief to the strong linear elements of the cardigan's design? Nah to busy.
• Plaids to nod to the Scottish Designer Kate Davies? The colours were wrong.
• Floral prints to accomplish both of the above? Too girly for me.
• Velvets and brocades? Too heavy.
• Muted shades? No, they brought out the olive component in the yarn to the point of making it drab.
• Kitchy, funky graphic patterns in ideal colour combinations? 'Didn't suit the sweater.

After considering all these options (and more - how about stretchy ribbon?) I happily chose this...

It enlivens the springtime green of the yarn (even more than I can capture in a picture - this yarn wants to photograph "grey".) I love how the sheen of the ribbon offsets the haze of the knit's wooliness. Picking up this trim was a bright spot of fun amid the storminess of now needing to frog.

In happy sock news though, I'm closing in on the heel!

Thanks for dropping by!