quest for infinity
I know I mentioned it at least once or twice, but I have been wanting to knit Lara Chau's Dipped Infinity Scarf pattern. Sunshine Yarns was selling gorgeous kits at Stitches but they were all wool sock yarn. I searched at Stitches and then quite a lot online afterward without much success. Finally, I realized that the best solution was a silk or bamboo yarn from ArtFibers. Not only did some of their yarns come in at least 12 colors but they sell it by whatever yardage you like, so I could buy 130 yds of 8 colors without having to break the bank or end up with enough yarn for two or three of these. These past weekend I finally made my excusion to ArtFibers, with much success!
a reference photo so I could remember the color order
If you've never been to ArtFibers, it's a pretty incredible place. All their yarns are house brands and you are free to sit and swatch. So I did. For about an hour!
swatched!
The swatching was useful because the colors I thought would work at first, didn't. I will not be knitting them in exactly that order and there are two colors on that swatch I'm not using, but it's more or less the colors.
what I took home
As you can see, the cones I took home were a lot smaller than a full cone, in case anyone freaks out from that first photo. I cast on all 252 stitches last night and am almost around the first row (I had a busy day with no knitting time, really). I am looking forward to knitting this up! I think it will be lovely. I suspect that it'll be 90 degrees when I'm done though.
a reference photo so I could remember the color order
If you've never been to ArtFibers, it's a pretty incredible place. All their yarns are house brands and you are free to sit and swatch. So I did. For about an hour!
swatched!
The swatching was useful because the colors I thought would work at first, didn't. I will not be knitting them in exactly that order and there are two colors on that swatch I'm not using, but it's more or less the colors.
what I took home
As you can see, the cones I took home were a lot smaller than a full cone, in case anyone freaks out from that first photo. I cast on all 252 stitches last night and am almost around the first row (I had a busy day with no knitting time, really). I am looking forward to knitting this up! I think it will be lovely. I suspect that it'll be 90 degrees when I'm done though.