the colors stayed true and are as vibrant as ever.

I guess I had nothing to worry about, it was just excess dye washing off. nothing faded and nothing was stained.

pattern: frostberries scarf
yarn: liz's awesome dye job (I think the base is kona superwash)
needles: 4mm
date started: 03.27.09
date finished: 04.05.09

this scarf went a lot faster than I expected. I guess you could say I was a little obsessed. I pretty much just worked on it during all my free time this weekend. in the end it turned out to be 42" W x 25" D with 10.5 repeats, not bad for just 85 grams of yarn. the pattern was pretty simple to follow, though in the middle of it I wish I had increased differently for a wider, shallower scarf. it doesn't really matter, I still adore it and I know it'll get a lot of wear this spring. it's so easy to just throw on and go. it's warm but not heavy and the little bits of lace and some interest to an otherwise minimal scarf.

in a totally random note:
I guess dobby thought he needed more blog time since he kept jumping up while I was taking my pictures.

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it's grey and wet outside, so dobby and I are just hanging out inside today. his idea of hanging out though involves mostly sleeping. at least that gives me time to wash and block the scarf. I used just about every little inch of that yarn, which led to a lot of breath holding while binding off. it's soaking right now and I'll admit I'm a little worried. the water is pretty dark. ok, it's basically black. I have my fingers crossed that the color won't fade or that the little bright spots won't stain. let's just enjoy this little photo for posterity's sake.

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apparently I'm on a quest to have the largest triangle-scarf stash in knitterville or something. that would explain why I have yet another fingering weight kerchief, frostberries, on the needles.

I've been plugging away at it since last week after binding off my springtime bandit scarf. since these pictures were taken, I've knit a total of eight repeats and still have over 30 grams of yarn left. I still have a ways to go obviously.

what I really wanted to show you was this yarn. it's been sitting in my stash for almost three years, which is just sad. I'm such a hoarder when it comes to sock yarn, the prettier it is the less I want to knit with it. it's almost like people who collect toys and never open the box. I've decided that it was time to rip open all the boxes in my stash and just let it loose. I didn't want to hide this yarn away in my shoes, so a scarf it was.

I was lucky enough to get this gift from liz. ages ago. if I remember correctly, she was testing out different ways of dyeing yarn while getting ready for a swap. this was supposedly a "dud" with "muddy colors"! I don't know how she could think that as I'm completely in love with this yarn. the variegation in this yarn is absolutely perfect, the colors slowly merge from browns, to purples, to greens, to small pops of blues in such an organic way. there isn't any obvious pooling and I wouldn't change the way the colors fell in any way. in short, this is true variegation and it's what I've been looking for, what feels like, ages. I don't think these photos do it justice, but hopefully I can get even better ones when I'm done with the scarf.

the only thing I'm sorry about? waiting three years to wind this up.

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