The story of a Starry Night (part 1)

This is the story of a project that has been in and out of the WIP box for over 5 years!  It has been frogged and reworked more times than the designer cares to count.  It has been cussed at even more times than that.

Once upon a time, there was a Scheepjes Whirl called "Banana Cream Hi".  It arrived at a little yarn and craft shop called Rainbow Valley. This Whirl was clever, so when it found out that not only was the owner a designer but also that one of her favourite paintings was "The Starry Night", Banana Cream Hi shouted at her that he wanted to be a Starry Night as well, especially as he already looked so much like the painting.

The designer mulled this over and, after some time agreed. So the process was started. Then Banana Cream Hi said to his friend the "Custard" Whirlette, "Would you like to join in? You match me perfectly!". Of course, Custard agreed.

The stars were created from the middle of Banana Cream Hi and this worked really well.  The shading from the creamy banana colour to the brighter lemon created some variety in the stars. Then it was the turn of the swirls - which is where Custard came in. This did not go as planned. The whole project ended up in the F Bucket!!!!

In February 2022 the project gained a new purpose, and a deadline, as the designer wanted to wear it for her parents Diamond Wedding in August. Both Banana Cream Hi and Custard were replaced with scrap yarn.  They did not mind, they both knew that the repeated frogging was bad for them so they were to let the rif-raf take the fall! Eventually, the designer created the effect she was looking for.

The down side was that the relationship between Banana Cream Hi and Custard was not plain sailing.  Custard was too pale and did not bring the depth of colour that Starry Night required. Everything was just too insipid. The designer frogged again and made 7 full stars instead of 5.  This meant that the blue started coming through on the swirls. She still needed more blue.

With all of this going on, the designer did not get the finish and wear the shawl for her parents anniversary.

Discussions with her mother made her decide that Custard was just not up to the job, continuing with him would be a big mistake and spoil the whole effect.

The bottom of the painting was dark, not pale lavender which was Custards colour.

When she got home, the project went back into the bucket and there it stayed for quite some time!