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Aralia Has a Cowl

Filed under: Knitting, Apparel, Designing — Kristi at 10:46 am on Monday, December 21, 2009

Aralia by The Tree

Well, over the weekend I went from the body to a body with a cowl on Aralia. Progress has been much slower than I would like, but there are a 101 things to do at Christmas time and even more if you are hosting festivities at your home. Much of late last week was spent running all over town in search of a solution to seat 8 for dinner.

Seating has been solved, but have table linens gone our of vogue? All I can find are specifically Christmas linens, but I want a nice, rich dark chocolate tablecloth and cloth napkins. Aside from Bed Bath and Beyond no one has much of a selection. While I don’t specifically mind synthetics for the table cloth (it sure makes it easier to care for) I do not understand polyester napkins and our BB&B did not have any cotton options. It doesn’t feel pleasant when you wipe your hands on them and they don’t absorb. Unfortunately, it is too late to order but I couldn’t have ordered any earlier because I had no idea what size table we would have. *sigh*

Today will be filled with baking and calculating short row sleeves caps in the in-between time. If I’m lucky I’ll make good progress on sleeve #1 at SnB at my house tonight!

7 Comments »

Comment by CindyCindy

December 21, 2009 @ 11:39 am

For everyday use, I use kitchen towels as my napkins. I love them. And, Aralia is beautiful!!!!!!!!!

Comment by gerri

December 21, 2009 @ 1:27 pm

pier one has good napkins.

Comment by Stephanie

December 21, 2009 @ 2:30 pm

How about The Cupboard? I bought a nice tablecloth and some nice napkins there a couple of years ago. Aria looks marvelous and I have some idea on my schedule for next week - look for an e-mail…

Comment by Chris

December 21, 2009 @ 3:28 pm

Do you have a Tuesday Morning in the area? They sometimes have a good selection of table linens. World Market did, too, but they closed in Minnesota… :(

Comment by Amanda

December 21, 2009 @ 4:51 pm

I like the cowl - too bad I think I’d overheat in it. If I have left over yarn maybe I’ll work it separate so it’s not attached.

My red napkins might be a bit stark but feel free to borrow them if you can’t find anything more supple in a suitable color. I found them at BB&B but at the time they only had the bright red and pure white.

Comment by Mo

December 21, 2009 @ 4:54 pm

I am not exactly sure where you live, but Macy’s has some, William Sonoma, Crate and Barrel. Any old-fashioned sort of department store (like Macy’s) should have them! Good luck!

Comment by Rebekah

January 10, 2010 @ 11:37 am

I’m in love with that sweater! I’m enchanted by cowls this year. Although my husband swears they look like hippy sweaters from the sixties. But that is absolutely gorgeous!

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