After two mind-numbing days, I’ve knitted two of the three blanks I need for the dark panels. As soon as I finish knitting the third (hopefully tomorrow!), I’ll take them out and dye them in the darker colors.
Which I have selected, starting from this puddle of samples:
and reducing to these nine colors:
I’m still considering the bluish purple that is in the middle of the bottom row. It’s really too blue for autumn purple, but overdyed with a warm wine red, I think it’ll work out nicely. I’m also debating the red at top left; it may be too assertive, fighting with the brighter panel for attention. On the other hand, since the collar will be purple, I don’t want to start in the purples, so red may work out just fine.
As a reminder, these colors are going into the darker panel:
Off to bed! I need a break from all that boring knitting. Tomorrow I’ll be fresh again, and can finish knitting up the last blank. And then, it’s off to dye!
I used to free-lance machine-knit samples. This is when you learn to appreciate audiobooks or even, (GASP!), tv. Got the gig from the company I worked for to knit up 3-yd samples of ALL the yarns for that season in our design room, when they decided to consider adding a line of knitted fabric to their offerings. Left me quite “flush” but sore and bored (-; That machine really did pay for itself!
If you still can’t find parts for you art knitter, check out the offerings on ebay. If you can luck into a Toyota 901, DO IT! Of course, the goodie remains the Passap, but, large learning-curve. You have to be really committed to knitting.