toast & marmalade throw

spotted at an impromptu colinette get together at the handknitters guild last week c/o sarah durrant - the toast and marmalade crocheted throw. (it's the big pic at the top). we can't really justify buying colinette yarns for a throw. they're expensive luscious things, so creating something out of it that animals will probably sit on, that's going to be a total beast to clean ain't our idea of fun.
as a substitute option, good ol' bendigo woollen mills sent their shade card, and we're looking forward to paying them a visit next weekend. we're planning on buying for "nordic memories" (about halfway down...) but we're not so sure about the design now - if it's chopping a tall thin model into chunks...then we're a tad hesitant. the plan is to have a knockabout jumper for winter (time to get to work!) so any other bright ideas, do send 'em our way.