Forest Canopy Sings the Blues

No, no, it’s all right, nothing bad.

I had mentioned I was overdyeing my just-off-the-needles Forest Canopy shawl because I didn’t like the variegation (follow link to see original colorway).

Well, I certainly got rid of the green stripes!

Up close, you can see where there was variegation, but it’s very subtle now, and pretty to my mind.

This will . . . → Read More: Forest Canopy Sings the Blues Read more »

Off the Needles, Into the Dyepot?

I cast off my Forest Canopy shawl today. But i have had doubts about the colorway & yarn I chose, from the beginning. The yarn was a prize I won, two skeins of Socks that Rock mediumweight in the UnderToe colorway; lovely in itself, but as I knit, I didn’t like the striping effect . . . → Read More: Off the Needles, Into the Dyepot? Read more »