Wow, the response to the Viola Afghan
was much bigger than I expected! Some of you have been asking about
washable yarn substitutions for it, and I’ve been working on that for a
few days to get the colors right.
One benefit to our good ol’ workhorse Wool of the Andes
is that, since it’s really a ‘staple’ yarn, we can have an enormous
breadth of color. That makes it so versatile for designing – but not
machine washable! Finding a suitable substitute for Viola has proved to be quite a challenge. The palette of Swish has waxed and waned to a balanced, tight family, and Brava
is too new to have the expanded color range that it likely will see in
the future. The best option came in the wide range of purples in Shine. So, along with washability, Viola has had a drastic hue shift in this version!
Since the yardage on Shine is a little less than that of Wool of the Andes,
you’ll need a little more of each color, and each substituted color is
used in place of the original in every instance. So, here is a Shine-y, purple Viola!