Grey

Cezanne said something about all things being composed essentially of differing proportions of grey. That may have been more true in nineteenth century Paris, but I think to some extent it is still. Most colours do contain varying degrees of grey and often when I'm mixing colours they don't seem quite 'right' until I add a tiny bit of grey, either cool or warm.

It's been very grey and rainy in Sydney for about 3 solid days, I'd forgotten what sunlight looked like.

Today the rain was gone, the sky clear and blue, the sun shining.

Obviously this was a shock to the system because what did I buy?

Grey yarn.

I had a meeting on the North Shore and afterwards I needed some yarn therapy...you know...to calm down.
Hey, it's better than smack (I know Keith Richards might disagree with me on this one).

So I just sort of intuited myself towards Rubi + Lana.

This yarn shop is strictly a no-crap zone, why have I not been here before? Wait a minute, maybe coz it's....
on the North Shore?
Now, before the invective flows dear readers, I come from the North Shore, so I'm allowed to make fun.

Unlike Tapestry Craft where they categorise stock by weight (logical), the gals at Rubi + Lana sort their stock by colour (pretty).

Slowly but surely I was drawn to Grey Corner, where I spent quite a bit of time comparing subtle greys with even subtler greys, thinking of swatching for Here and There Cables and just lost in the pleasure of grey.

I came away with a few bits and pieces (yep, all grey) including some of their house brand sock-weight in charcoal. It looks like plies of dark and medium charcoal twisted around each other.
All you yarnophiles out there...
is this heathered or marle?
Thankyou everyone for your get well soon wishes for Scout, it's nice to know the blogosphere cares, really. She's almost back to her old self. Bandages off tonight!