Knitting Improv

This week found me diving back into the stash to see what else might be of use in my current sweater project.

I’d already repurposed most of my original attempt at a contiguous pullover. A quick search of the blog revealed that it had been sitting in limbo since 2013 (and photos have since been lost to Flikr purge). It was (over)due to be frogged. Those natural shade got me as far as the underarms, but I knew I was going to need something else to make up the rest of the body and sleeves.

Enter Gulf Coast native and Florida Cracker sheep three ply (circa 2022)-Aged to perfection in the stash 🙂

The spin was really nice, but the yarn was quite yellow-y (more than you can tell in the photo), so I’d thought for a while that I’d probably end up dyeing it eventually. Turns out, Thursday was the day!

Had one packet each of Malbec and Strawberry Wool Tinctures left, and so combined them in a dyebath and came up with a garnet-y shade that I’m really happy with

Got a little bit of resist effect from skein ties that I should have loosened, so will have to see how that plays out in the knitting. So far, I’m really liking the effect-

Now we’re down to the vast stretches of stockinette, with just a little shaping. I think that once it is functionally complete I’m going to do some embroidery on the white in the dyed yarn to kind of pull it together. Not sure what form that will take yet, though.

And to round out today’s post, I’ll leave you with some gratuitous garden veg photos

Alrighty folks- have a good week!