You might remember I posted a rather wibbly post a while ago about the Cabled Raglan Baby Jacket and whether it was too girly or not. Well, now that I know the bump is definitely girly, I can knit it without worrying. Except I can’t decide on a colour…

I’ve chosen to use Sirdar Balmoral. I was looking for a DK-weight alpaca yarn like the one used for the original (which is Plymouth Yarn Baby Alpaca DK; not particularly common round these parts!). I did consider Inca Cloud, but then after browsing for a while, I remembered Sirdar Balmoral. I rarely buy Sirdar yarns because in the past they’ve gone mad for novelty yarn, so I don’t usually think of them when choosing yarns. But recently they’ve had a few nicer yarns, such as Balmoral which has no synthetics and is really rather lovely. So Balmoral it is.

The problem is, I can’t decide on a shade. So for a bit of Friday fun, I’ve created a poll. I’ve listed the colours I like best, but if there’s another colour that I should clearly choose instead, then there’s an option to add that as well. I’ll use the most popular colour for the cardigan and it’ll save me poring over shadecards til all the colours blend into one.