Thursday, 15 March 2012

Dark Rainbow

I promised a spinning post, it's taken me a while longer than I anticipated, however, it's not ready to be released in to the wild.
Part of the preparations for Wonderwool involve getting fibres spun up, and knitted. My Mum has helped with a couple of samples, but this one is my handiwork. It's not got further than the spinning stage yet, but the knitting shouldn't take to long. This is Dark Rainbow, which is my Black Welsh Mountain silk blend. It's carded, and then dizzed off in to roving so that it slowly changes colour through the rainbow.
I've actually spun one of these skeins twice, I took them with to York back in January, and only came back with one...



Their next incarnation is to become a pair of flap top mittens, I'm going to use the black yarn (also black welsh mountain and silk) as the cuffs, and then we'll see how far through the rainbow I'll get.
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  1. SpinningGill16 March 2012 at 12:45

    That looks fantastic. Almost too good to knit! :)

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  2. sparkleduck16 March 2012 at 21:47

    I love those rainbows! I wonder where the poor lost one is hiding out ... maybe it will turn up now you've made its replacement...

    Could you knit mittens from the fingertip down? Then you could have however long cuffs you need for a full rainbow :o)

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