Color Affection

Project Info

Pattern — Color Affection by Veera Välimäki
Project Type — Shawl/Scarf
Project started — 2023-03-05
Percentage complete — 18 % (estimated)
Worked with — 4mm needle
Yarn(s) — molly girl boogie woogie in “between halloweens” (grey); artyarns merino cloud in “2246” (charcoal tonal); mystery fingering weight (tonal greens)

I’ve wanted to work up this design for over a decade… finally realized that it won’t knit itself.

It’s well planned… by the time I was bored with the solid section, I began the stripes. As that began to be tedious, I started the short rows.

Project Log

More changes
2023-03-21
It’s warm enough to sit outside and knit this afternoon. Realized that the Haiku is very shiny compared to my other yarns. Went stash diving with my scale and found a mystery green that fits perfectly. I may be off by a few stitches but here’s to C2 and short rows.
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stripe by stripe
2023-03-16
At 6 C1 stripes. The merino cloud is showing darker for the most part than I expected when presented next to the molly girl. I like it an am definitely cuious how the haiku will look when added to the mix.
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color change for color love
2023-03-14
Swapping out the Old Maiden Aunt in Cold Sheep for Artyarns Merino Cloud in a tonal dark charcoal grey (2264). I kept questioning the choice so it made sense to make a change, however I don’t quite have a good third solid so I hope this isn’t too tonal! Now if I could just do…
Read more: color change for color love