Well, not exactly of the petal-ed variety!  I am speaking of rose hues in my knitting 🙂

Apparently, I am in my Rose Phase!  After years and years of blues and greens, I am suddenly enthralled with rose-y shades:  oranges from apricot to rust, purples from lavender to pomegranate and back again, any shade of pink!  

I think it began with a hot pink accent in a black shawl…or even before that with some mauve-y earth tones and russet browns…

But I have never really been one to go pink with anything!  It just didn’t seem like me…

And then I fell in fell head-over heels for with a shawl shown in the most luscious pink-lemonade color!  I bought the pattern  (Rubia Shawl by Ksenia Naidyon) and ordered the exact yarn from A Verb For Keeping Warm (merino and cashmere).  

I particularly love the nupps (these sweet bobbly-bits)!

Well, even before I succumbed to Rubia’s charms, I had already embarked on my rose journey (without actually realizing it!).  The yarns I had chosen the previous year for my  Fascination Wrap (Xandy Peters design) were lipstick shades!  In fact, I even named this piece Lipstix 🙂

Now, I have 3 pinky projects of my own design on the needles.  They make me happy!  I have even added rose shades to my wardrobe — and I bought a stunning hot pink purse for formal & fancy events.