dress, yarns, pinup pullover

for a while, there's been a pattern we've been keen on from the urban knitter for a knitted dress. there's just a little problem in finding the right yarn - the recommended one is cherry hill's glimmer, but the thought of shelling out $200+ on yarn from an overseas distributor scares us a little, and there isn't a colourway that we're totally in love with.

so, the other options have been a rayon from marta's yarns that comes in a multitude of plain colours, and there's a new yarn in lincraft - katia's "venecia" in an amazing shade we'll dub strawberry metal. we've done the swatches, and it looks like marta's rayon is winning - it's a lot softer, with better drape. also adding to the appeal is that when we went to purchase a sample, and mentioned what it was for, we were told that it would be one very sexy dress indeed. hmmm.
there's one other place to take a look at who might have something appropriate - the yarn barn at coburg, who have a new lot of imported yarns just in.
however, perhaps we already have enough yarn and projects, but the thrill of something new...we're just in the throes of working through the pinup pullover, as designed by joan mcgowan-michael from whiteliesdesigns. knitting 4 ply baby wool in rib is proving to take a while - how knitwear designers manage to get designs planned out and knitted to deadline is a little beyond us.