Dream in Color Sock It Set, October 2021

It’s spooky October and this month’s Dream in Color Sock It Set is inspired by the haunted statue in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery called Eternal Silence. How's that for gorgeous ghoulishness?

Veronica has this to say about this month's creation:

    You might think that a cemetery breaks with my garden theme. I know that not everyone thinks of cemeteries as “gardens” but some of the best heirloom roses, azaleas, lilacs and hydrangea’s can be found there. If you go visit one bring your garden shears to get some cutting to propagate. 

    Almost every city has a beautiful cemetery and I’ve been to more than my fair share… I went through a “cemetery phase” where I visited one in just about every city I went to. My list of favorites include Pere Lachaise in Paris, Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond VA, St Louis Cemetery in New Orleans and Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. Do you have a favorite cemetery? Does your town need to be on my list? 

This combo is right in my wheelhouse/colorwheel. I love deep hues like the navy/violet of the mini skein, and the murky teal (like oxidized copper) with floral hues makes an uncommon combo that could easily end up muddy if it wasn't dyed by someone with 15 years experience. I especially like the single yellow/gold stitches that remind me of an anther of a flower's stamen - the little part inside that holds all the pollen. This attention to detail is exactly what I love about Veronica's work. I hope you can grab one of these sets while we have them!

Comments

[Donna]

Graceland Cemetery has the graves of a lot of famous people. George Pullman is buried there. “Pullman’s coffin, covered in tarpaper and asphalt, is sunk in a concrete block the size of a room. On top of the block lie railroad ties and even more concrete. Why so secure? The family feared that Pullman’s angry workers, whose wages were cut while their rents remained the same, would resort to skullduggery at the gravesite." (https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMC75K_George_Pullman__Chicago_IL). The town just west of us, Forest Park was long described as having more dead people than living ones because it’s full of cemeteries. One contains the graves of Emma Goldman & the Anarchist martyrs from the same era as Pullman but on the opposite side (labor) as well as Peter Altgeld, the governor who pardoned the anarchists who weren’t executed - thereby ending his political career. It also contains the graves of many of those killed in a circus train accident in 1918. Their plots are surrounded by statues of elephants. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_Circus_Train_Wreck). I too find cemeteries fascinating.

[Dana Snyder]

I love Père Lachaise in Paris too!!