Sunday, May 27, 2012

sleeves and pics

As a follow-up from the last post..pics
Project - Larch Cardigan
Yarn: SG Bugga Blue Stink Bug

sleeve 1:

Larch Cardi Sleeve pic2

Larch Cardi Sleeve1 Rounded pic2

sleeve 2 - in progress - more than 1/2 way now, but a little less in this pic -

Larch Cardi Sleeve2

Sweet Georgia Yarn exchange/custom dye.
Returned 2 Raspberry Cashluxe Fine (left 2 in below photo):

Sweet Georgia Cashluxe Fine Raspberry

Color ordered - Coastal - this is on the merino silk fine base (left)  and the merino silk aran base (right):
Sweet Georgia Merino Silk Fine Coastal 
Side2Sweet Georgia Merino Silk Fine 
Coastal 
Estimated to complete by end of April; I contacted them in Mid-may only to be told the base had just arrived. Fast forward to the next week -  what arrived was a bleak blah blue gray, and not semi-solid at all, and just one tag. Just this tiny scrap remains:

Cashluxe Fine Original coastal

Luckily, I was able to save the skeins from boredom or destash.

Emma of Everything Old (link to her shop here) was able to overdye them this lovely vibrant blue-green teal. Lovely, just lovely, and so soft. I'm very happy.

 Cashluxe Fine Overdye Teal

now to find the right project...



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