Progressive Smoke Ring
You can see the successive stages of this roving. I'm calling it the 'Pansy Smoke Ring'. The roving is hand dyed falkand wool roving. I had never used this sheep's wool before, and I was thinking all along: socks. But the wool is way too soft for that as I found out.
The idea was to spin in long color sections for socks so that the purple would be at the toe and the top ribbing with the colors in between. The idea is good, but since it was so soft, it became a soft lacey cowl.
And I have to say that I am blown away by this lovely thing. I liked the colors in the roving very much, and didn't like them in the skein, so was trying to figure out what to do with the yarn. I had a little more than 2oo yds. And just started knitting rather than thinking. I love it!
4 comments:
I think it's gorgeous! Turned out very well!
WOW... Cindy... the colors are scrumptious! I LOVE what you are doing with it! Can't wait to see it finished.
WHOOPS... just looked on your projects page and you ARE finished already! SPECTACULAR! I almost like this idea better than a scarf and the lacey design is elegant.
Lovely how the whole project evolved. Very nice looking smoke ring.
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