Regarding Knitting, and Yarn, in Curacao

A couple of people commented on the picture of my knitting with the water background:

I did in fact pick the particular yarns for this project with the idea of it reminding me of the Caribbean waters! The pattern is even called Across the Waters (Ravelry link), and I've made it before. I wear that one a lot, for someone who owns as many shawls as I do, so I figured that it would be a good candidate for making another one to be my trip knitting for Curacao.

The teal yarn is Tosh Sock from Madeline Tosh, in the colorway Baltic, and the multicolored yarn in between teal wedges is a "potluck" colorway (meaning non-repeatable) of Merino DK from Hedgehog Fibres. Not only does it suit the waters I saw in Curacao, but it also reminds me of this art I have up on the wall.

The project is coming along well, and I'm getting closer to the end. I put it on longer cords recently so I could see how it looks when it isn't all scrunched up on the working needle. And the answer is, pretty good!

Ignore the waving at the bottom where the cord wouldn't go flat.

Here it is on top of the finished one.

I have enough yarn for a couple more wedges.

In related news, while I was on the trip, I got an email about a quick yarn sale, and naturally, this one caught my eye:

Primarily because of this picture that I had taken two days earlier:

I decided that yeah, I want to make a project that reminds me of this water, so I got one skein of the above and one of a dark blue. They arrived after I got back:

Perfection. They are soft enough to die for, and I love the colors.

So I'm going to find a pattern to work them in, in a way that reminds me of the water. Right now, I'm inclining towards Stole Dunes, and thinking I could alternate the skeins to get the effect I want. We'll see how I feel when the time comes.