While I’m enjoying our first rainy day in months, I thought I’d show you more new yarns to think about while you’re planning your fall knitting:
(Links to Ravelry in photos below)
Two new colors (to add to our very good selection of natural colors) of Herriott Fine, a lovely fingering-weight alpaca blend that drapes softly:
I love these colors together, and we have so many other really beautiful combinations, so I would love to use two colors to make any (or all, if only I had six hands) of these great sweaters:
Breton from Brooklyn Tweed
Antler by Ankestrick
True Friend by Veera Valimaki
Seashore by Isabell Kraemer
Frosty Acorn by Suvi Simola
We also received more beautiful color ways of Huasco DK, a hand-dyed extra fine merino with a lovely bounce. Most of the color ways are beautifully blended (you can clearly see which one I would leave out of that category, although I’m going to wind a skein and do a small project like an infinity scarf to see what it looks like when knitted) so they would work well for a sweater project:
Several people are using it for our Modern Wrapper Fine class. It would also be lovely for:
Breathing Space by Veera Valimaki
Carpino from Brooklyn Tweed
Fine Sand by Heidi Kirrmaier
Or for smaller projects:
Silver leaf by Lisa Hannes
Pleasant Trip by Laura Aylor
As with most hand-dyes, if you’re using it for a sweater, you should blend two skeins for about 2 inches when coming to the end of a skein so that any difference in the skeins will not be apparent to the eye. Blending means knitting 2 rows with the old skein, then two rows with the new, carrying the yarns loosely up the edge. If you’re knitting in the round, you can knit one round with the old, one with the new, again carrying them loosely up the inside. If you’re a real hard case, you can use two skeins the whole way, but if you’re careful about choosing similar skeins, I think blending for a little while is fine.
Speaking of hand-dyes, our shipment of Manos Maxima has arrived in all its annual splendor! I can’t even tell you how much I love this yarn. Come see it!
