OK, so last year, I won a bunch of yarn. I entered a contest at Jimmy Beans and forgot all about it and one day I got 9 skeins of Stitch Nation Bamboo Ewe yarn in the mail in the color of beach glass. A couple of weeks later, I got 9 more in another dye lot of beach glass. So I have 3100 yards of this yarn.
What can you do with 3100 yards of a bamboo/wool blend in a light turquoise blue? Make a sweater. So I am knitting up
Juliana by Berroco. This sweater is a cardigan that is knit sideways so that it wraps around you.
This is what I have done so far:
As you can see the dye lots differ just enough that by alternating every other row it gives it a nice gradient stripe pattern. I am also slipping the stitches at either end. I added an extra stitch so it wouldn't mess up the pattern.
The pattern up close:
As you can see there are two "holes" created every few rows. The stitches in between these openings will be unraveled when I bind off for the sleeves. I don't know that I will do the ribbed sleeves, I may do another pattern or even let the sleeves be loose.
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6 comments:
I love the design of the sweater. Can't wait to see yours!
Love how the dyelots differ just enough to work beautifully as coordinating stripes :)
I love the way you've dealt with the different dye lots. They look lovely!
It's actually very pretty seeing the two disparate dyelots playing so nicely together!
That looks beautiful! I especially love the striping effect.
What a good idea (alternating dye lots) it's working beautifully.
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