I need to have a knitting project I can work on while chatting.
These slippers are excellent to work on at a knitting group. Only thing is I ran out of yarn and started making the toe with doubled purple yarn from my stash.
While the project incubated, I decided to heed the warnings of my fellow bloggers. I'd rather spend a few more dollars to get an extra ball of yarn than risk having a bad felting experience when it's time to felt these slippers. I probably could have made it work, but since it's my first time felting I decided to be more cautious. (Or did I just want an excuse to shop?)
Luckily, the yarn shop still had the same colors and dye lot, so with my newly added ball of yarn and a little frogging, I'm good to go.
Photographic note: Despite my best attempts at color correction or fixing the white balance, I can't get the colors in these two photos to be the same. The second photo is more true to color than the first.
Related posts:
Starting the project, includes pattern and yarn info
Trying to use stash yarn for the toes
5 comments:
Wow, I've never been lucky enough to find the same dye lot when needing more yarn. The colors are lovely. :)
The colour is super. Lucky you.
Both pics look great. I've had good luck with different yarn for toes and heels for slippers, but I know folks who haven't. Wise move! And glad you're getting back in the swing with the knitting group...now what's this about a table loom?????:-)
LOL, Stella does look good on leopard print doesn't she. Maybe a name change to Tarzana, Terrorist of the Jungle...
Yeah, great to finish a project-these will be so pretty!
So sorry to see that you have fallen prey to the same Noro addiction as I have. I need a 12-steps group, honestly. What is it with their yarns?? I can make colored yarn and yet I continue to pay for theirs. I'm happy to have company~
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