ETA: Still plugging away at the blanket. I worked 3 rows of hearts in red, 2 in bouquet (a heathery purple) and 2 more rows in red. Will add a final row of red hearts and then move on to Chart 2 :)
Reposting for
Fiber Arts Friday and
Creative Friday.
Color! Why was I so late to jump on the color work bandwagon? I love bright, saturated colors (as
Vianden,
Aidez, and many more of my projects testify), so color work and I should be natural affinities. Sadly, I was scared of all the twisting of yarn and long floats of yarn that stranding involved, of the bobbins intarsia involves and I just find double knitting a bit tedious.
So I drooled over the
Latvian Garden pattern for months. Years, maybe.
Till I decided to jump in last week. And I couldn't be happier! Tension issues, and minor mistakes notwithstanding.
I'm leaving reasonably long floats since the wool is scratchy and the blanket will be lined.
The stockinette curls terribly. As expected, I suppose. The Palette yarn is lovely and saturated but I've found so many frayed and broken bits in the green its disgusting. At least it splices together like a dream.
I'm sure there will be many more color work projects in my future. And I will need some hand holding and possible Dutch courage for the steek!
Sharing with
WIP Wednesday
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