Good morning and happy Friday to you. As you probably know if you’ve been around these parts for awhile, Monet is my very favorite painter. This week I have been busily dyeing up all the Monet colorways on all the yarn bases, including one colorway that is new to the shop.

New Monet Colorway

Let’s start with the new one, shall we? This is Monet’s Houses of Parliament shown on Wonderful Worsted:

The full name of the painting is “Monet’s Houses of Parliament, London, with the Sun Peaking through the Fog.” This was my club colorway back in May of 2021, and I decided it was time to make it a regular colorway. I actually made a shawl for myself using Monet’s Houses of Parliament along with Burgundy Rose. Here’s the shawl:

I used Casapinka’s knitting pattern, Albuquerque Sunset. I really enjoyed the pattern, which had a stitch combination that was new to me and a lot of fun to do.

In addition to Burgundy Rose, Monet’s Houses of Parliament would look lovely with Lilac. Here those three are together:

To have a set of five, you could add Rosy-Fingered Dawn and Paris to the three above:

Three More Monet Colorways

While Monet’s Houses of Parliament stands on its own, the other three Monet colorways would look beautiful together.

The first one is simply called Monet. I dyed and named it back before I knew I would be dyeing up so many other Monet-inspired colorways, so it’s actually among my oldest colorways. This one is more about the idea of Monet than a particular painting. Here is Monet on Buttery Soft DK:

Monet is a splashed and speckled colorway that “plays nicely” with so many other colorways! I have it dyed up on eight different yarn bases.

Next is Monet’s Cathedral, which is one of my all-time favorites. Monet’s Cathedral was inspired by one of Monet’s paintings of the Cathedral at Rouen. Here it is on Stained Glass Sock:

I dyed Monet’s Cathedral on all nine of my yarn bases!

I did the same with Monet’s Water Lilies, which is the last Monet-inspired colorway I have to show you. Here it is on my new Feather Sock yarn base:

Now let’s put them together, shall we? Here are Monet, Monet’s Cathedral, and Monet’s Water Lilies together on So Silky Sock:

If you need a set of five skeins, here’s a lovely fade using the three above plus Paris and The Hands of the King:

If you would prefer a mixture of variegated and semi-solid colorways, here’s a different combination with the last three Monet colorways that includes Lilac and Contentment:

Which Monet colorway and which colorway combination do you like best?

May Club Colorway

For the May club colorway, I decided to go with a pastel recommended by Kathleen, one of my club members. It’s called “The Shell,” and it was painted by Odilon Redon in 1912. Here it is:

Grand Adventures

On a personal note, one of our sons has been walking all the California Missions with a couple of friends for the past 6 weeks. They just arrived home last night. They walked just over 1000 miles and visited all the Missions! In addition to just the amazing fact that they have gone so far is how frequently they experienced the kindness of strangers as they went. There are so many amazing and wonderful people in this beautiful world of ours!

Meanwhile our daughter who is in Rome for the semester will be back in just two more weeks! She has traveled far and wide and deepened friendships with her fellow students along the way. I’m so happy that they get to go on these grand adventures, but this mamma will be glad to have her chickadees back home again.