Wisp pattern with Ella Rae yarn...and kitten updates

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The color of this Ella Rae extra fine merino is like delicious water....The color is 106.
I call it British Virgin Islands Color. Fireman and I honeymooned a loooooong time ago at Little Dix Bay in Virgin Gorda. This yarn is the colors of tropical waters. The Wisp patterni is a ravelry Freebie. I am leaving out the eyelets holes on the sides of the stole/scarf from the original pattern.

I am a wimp. I'd have to do something every 5th row in adddition to my 9 and 6 row repeats...
maybe next time. Now that I see the progression of the pattern I think I could have eyelets too, but I am oh so fine without them now.

What follows is the Pippa kittens update:

Surprise. Looks like we have 5 boys and a girl.
Big Ben is not a boy....time to rename her!
Even Little Beatrice is a boy....time to rename him.
Tea and Crumpet are both boys, and their names can stick.
Picadilly is a boy and that can stick.
Eugenie is a boy as well.....

So, any one want to throw some boy names out there with a British twist?

Comments

Celia said…
I'm thinking of the name Agatha. She wrote good British lit. Henry, British Kings.
2:31 PM
Alyssa said…
Oliver! Oliver! Hehe that was just the first one to pop in my head. What about some place names? Edinbourough, Lancaster, Gloucester, and Stratford could be a boys names, maybe Stanford? Harvard? Okay now we're moving into a whole new category here.
2:44 PM
Karen said…
Clive and Neville are quite British.
Your yarn is lovely. I really enjoy Ella Rae yarns. Have you tried the Ella Rae Lace Merino? It's wonderful.
3:19 PM
Nancy said…
I love your scarf/shawl, and the color is perfect for the pattern.
5:09 PM
Anonymous said…
Hamlet? Romeo? Beckett?

The kitty is the picture sure looks doleful.
8:30 PM
Grace said…
You enabler you--now I want to make a WISP too!!!

Dudley--Phillip----Ned----Langdon---Sherlock---Earl--Waltham--Windsor
10:15 AM
kathy b said…
ahhh Grace

it is way to simple a pattern for you. You would knit it in your sleep my friend.
6:34 PM
Scrabblequeen said…
Love the Wisp! I'm a big fan of Ian for a boy, and can't Eugenie just become Eugene? Edmund is also a good Brit name...but I'm of a more Celtic bent...so Liam, Paddy, Donny....:-)
10:45 PM
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