December 1980 - The Angel

The Angel won by four votes!   
 
The materials:
The pattern asks for Unger’s Arianne Gold and Silver yarn.  Ravelry estimates this discontinued yarn to be sport weight.
 
At recent estate sale I found some Columbia Minerva Camelot to replace the gold with but I didn’t see any sport weight silver to go with it so my plan is to blend the silver Knit-Cro-Sheen with some perle cotton and see if that will work.
Here is the supply list:

• Columbia Minerva Camelot on Gold – estimated to be a sport weight
• J.P. Coats Metallic Knit-Cro-Sheen – size 10 thread
• DMC Gray size 5 perle cotton
• Size D hook
• Cone shaped paper cup
• 2 small black beads
• 4-inch Styrofoam ball
• 1 small package picture wire
• 4 inches of narrow red velvet ribbon 
• Tapestry needle

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 The pattern:
The body, hair and part of the arms are done in gold.  The head, collar, wings and hands are done in silver.     I may do the head and hands in some other color of sport weight yarn instead of silver - that's the part where gauge will matter the most.  The wings are worked over the wire so the gauge won't matter as much for that part.   I can either make the collar bigger if the silver thread plus DMC is too small or I can try another color for that too.

Substitutes will need to be found for:

• the paper cup - I think just heavy stock paper turned into a cone will work.
  
• the ribbon - I have some ribbon but not red velvet
  
• the picture wire - I have jewelry wire that should work
• the styrofoam ball - I may just use fiberfill.

Next week I'll share some of the interesting ads from the 1980 issue and an update on how the Angel is going.