I had received some beautiful hand dyed indigo wool roving from Dan Wibbels, a distant cousin in Indiana. I used my drum carder and blended the blue with white merino wool. It spun up wonderfully. I knitted it along with Brown Sheep navy and light gray yarn into a long sweater vest. There is also my light blue hand spun yarn on the cap sleeves and around the collar. I didn’t get a picture of the knitting on the needles, but here is a picture blocking the front vestAnd a not so good picture of the back.The finished project….. I would have modeled it for a picture, but it’s in the mid 70’s here and WAY too warm to wear it. I will wear it IF we get some cooler weather. If not, there’s always next winter.
Duffy was impressed.
See ya,
Sandy at My Yellow Swing
I was looking at a similar sideways knit pattern in The Wheel but it called for spun yarn at 14dpi and my yarn is 24 wpi. I’ve decided to make something smaller until I work out how to go about it.
Your jacket is really lovely ❤
Kids had a snow day yesterday–so come visit us and you will get plenty of chances to wear it!! It’s beautiful! I love reading all about your work!
Another beautiful creation by Sandy, your talent is amazing! My husband has had 2 episodes in the hospital in Tucson so I have been very busy. I miss seeing you on Monday’s at rec 2. Maybe I will be able to come this Monday. Gail
Excellent work from the blending, spinning, knitting and finished jacket-very pretty work!