Have you done one of these? What did you think of it?
The title says it all. I’m having so much fun I don’t want to put my pullover down. I started another Any Gauge Raglan 6 days ago and it’s almost done (OK, no sleeves makes it pretty fast). This is worsted wool from Dragon Strings, wonderful to knit with which is more than half the pleasure, with colours that go around the colour wheel: red, gold, green/blue, blue. I am just into the blue now.
The blending is interesting for a newbie. I did [2 rounds new colour, 2 rounds old colour] twice between the red and gold. I think I could have done more blending here.
When I went from the gold to the green/blue I worked the set of 4 blending rounds 3 times. I thought that worked better. It just meant starting to blend when I had more yarn left in the colour I was working on. It’s definitely a bit of a guessing game.
The blue/green to blue hardly needed any blending at all but I did some anyway.
And now I’m working with the blue alone.
I looked up what other people recommend. Here’s a short list:
- Stephen West (youtube video) recommends working 2 row stripes with the old and new colours for as long as you like. You have to love that relaxed attitude.
- Fruity Knitting (youtube podcast) did a lovely interview with Andrea Mowry , one of the most popular fade designers. The interview starts at 46 minutes into the program.
- The Unique Sheep (blog post) recommends 2 rows New; 4 rows Old; 4 rows New; 2 rows Old.
- For an analysis of the Fade trend read Grading the Fade by Stichcraft Marketing.
I will be doing another one for sure. All those lonely balls of yarn in my stash will get some friends. It’s really a community project for my stash. How can I resist that?
Thanks for reading. Let me know if you’ve tried this and how you liked it.
Deb
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