Christmas sockhead
Began | December 25, 2014 |
Finished | January 8, 2015 |
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Edited | January 8, 2015 |
Pattern URL | Sockhead Slouch Hat by 124400 |
Constructed this handspun especially for this project, turned 6oz of multicolored roving into a gradient by separating up the colors and then spinning them roughly in order with adding pops of the other colors into the others. Not as crisp as some handspun contrast might be, but I really like the effect. Started the handspun…
Found a new-to-me fiber dyer on Etsy, DnD Fibers, and purchased 8oz of one colorway and 8oz of another to spin up. They are both 85% polwarth and 15% tussah silk. One colorway was a soft pink, a purple leaning pink, a steely gray, and white, and the other was soft pink leaning lavender, the…
documented in old comp book.
sample knit for October 119g to start. swatch 4g. ~3g/repeat.
I used a stitch pattern book to find the nicest rib for this soft soft scarf. It’s a long skinny scarf ith a lot of fringe, but really warm from the boucle.