AHHHH the ease and fluidity of a well thought out pattern is magical... There is some kind of zen that takes over when knitting the Luna Moth Shawl, SK did a fantastic job. I have made it to the final charted repeat, but I believe I will add one to two more repeats (recommendation from fellow knitter and Vermont native Joan, who is my shawl guru, giving great advice). The KP shine has been great to work with, soft, no splitting, and has a lovely drape to it.
I have also increased my stash by 5 skeins (woot! woot!) I ordered Pure Alpaca in Hyacinth from elann.com ! I love LOVE LOVE the color and can't wait to shawl-ize it (thinking the sun-ray or something, we'll see)
As I have been on a yarn kick lately I have decided to dye my own yarn, not always of course, but for holidays and occasions where the color combos are person specific. I tried the kool-aid dye technique, which I must say overjoyed me in a childlike way. Kool-aid is magical and won't rot my teeth with this use (aren't you proud mamma?) For the Kool-Aid skein I used a skein of knitpicks.com bare sock yarn and 3 packages of fruit punch and 3 packages of orange kool-aid. I call this Sangria
Then I decided I should graduate from Kool-Aid to jacquard dye (yes, after dying one skein only). I used a mix of purple and blue (and KP bare sock yarn) in this one and have called it Blueberry.
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Omigod, I'm a guru! Where's my rolling papers and batik skirt. Ha!
yes, KP Shine, my favorite cotton yarn! Your Luna looks amazing.
I am so ordering that Hyacinth too. That darn Trish. I did a Sun Ray in Elann's Sierra Aran.
You did a great job on your hand dyes. The sky is the limit now. Next thing we know, you'll be spinning your own fibers. ;-p
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