If you read here from time to time you might have crossed the post about using rhubarb leaves to dye some wool and hints that it would reappear later...
See the pale yellow with red dots?
It would not be wrong to surmise this project is made from a collection of leftovers and charity shop odd-balls of woolen yarn.
It's finished now but I still have to face sewing in all the tail-ends for each of those stripes. The project has been on my to-do list for 3 or 4 years and now that the knitting is finished I've kind of lost interest in the tidying up bit of completion. Dredging about in that 'executive function' power... I know... break the horrible bit into smaller targets. I'll do the yoke this evening.
And just because I could, I tossed off that 'matching' hat for Mr B's jumper.
Hats are too easy in as much as it's a tempting quick finish project, but how many hats does any household need? I have at least 8 in the cupboard; all knitted since coming here - and dozens more in all the packed up household goods.
A volunteer at one of the charity shops where I scratch about for 'odd-balls' asked whether I could knit ear-flap hats (chullo) because they sell really well. I guess it would be a good outlet for keeping the needles clacking.
Linking up with Yam Aunty's Saturday Stitches.
What a cheery sweater!
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DeleteWell, you've nothing else to do with your time, have you?
ReplyDeleteThe jumper is very pretty. I love the yoke.
Thank you - once actually started it was a quick knit but I had spent months agonizing over getting started and which colours to use for bands etc.
Deleteaha, a new way to finance the house .. ha ha... how many hats with flaps would it take? we only have one hat similar to this, but bought from a store. Floirida is not known for needing hats. we need a mini AC to wear on our head right now
ReplyDeleteA lot of chullos! I don't believe they were planning on paying me - contribution to a charity that provides and operates ambulance services and first aid training in our rural communities
DeleteLove your beautiful and colorful sweater! I've knit hats before but never one with ear flaps.
ReplyDeleteDuke should be inspiration for a hat with earflap extensions. Matching headgear😁
DeleteÀ very pleasant colour.. I'd mark that up as a definite success
ReplyDeleteThank you - I agonize over colour and in the process learn stuff I can never use as unlikely to repeat with the same collection of remnants. The lightest stripes didn't work for me but I wasn't going to unpick and had to use them or be short of yarn. (Hence attempt to dye some.)
DeleteThat's a great sweater, interesting to study all the colors. I do like dyeing yarn, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm keen to dye more with vegetable dyes. Ive been buying up all the white/natural wool i can find in charity shops to experiment with.
DeleteHari Om
ReplyDeleteOutstanding!!! I hear you about the 'afterworks'... I've developed a knit them in as I go habit, minimising the sewing. And as a headwear geek, there can never been too many hats in my cupboard... YAM xx
Depending on pattern i knit them in - this didn't lend itself so needle and patience it will have to be.
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