Category: Knitting
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Sweater in Variegated Yarn
Here’s the final result of the sweater knitting project I’ve been telling you about in recent posts. You can see it’s got the same outlines as Cecily’s original Breakwater pattern, but I’ve completely changed the texture of the material, and the sleeves are shorter what with only two skeins of yarn to work with. I’m…
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When Variegated Yarn Calls #2
Variegated yarn driven projects cry out for some thought in the post-purchase, pre-cast on phase. In the last WVYC post, I wrote about looking at a skein of variegated yarn and thinking about the implications of it’s design. (I don’t know about you, but the ooohing, the aaahing, and the purchasing don’t necessarily involve thinking.)…
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Houzuki
All of Sarah’s yarns are fantastic, but my favorite base is the wool/silk dk–a 85% Polwarth wool and 15% Tussah silk blend that is squishy and soft with a slight sheen to it. It has excellent stitch definition and takes dye beautifully. The best part is the gorgeous colorways Sarah creates with this yarn–usually tonal, but she has a few…
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When Variegated Yarn Calls
For me, a knitting project often begins with a skein of yarn. You probably know that feeling. In my house, that skein is almost always a variegated yarn. This little gem resulted from a one-off lot of Sock. Every couple weeks I survey my little studio and discover that all my dye-mixing bottles have little…
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Variegated Yarn Variations
A week ago I took Shirley Paden’s Knitwear Design class. Pre-class homework involved swatching for the garment we were going to design. I’ve had a pound of merino DK weight yarn, dyed in a range of greys, black, and bits of lavender in the stash for some time, and with this class approaching, it started…