We just added the new lace samplers to the web site, and I just love them! Tina did a great job picking out the colors for these. I had to make desktop wallpaper out of the photos right away to celebrate.
When I first saw the samplers, I immediately wanted one (okay, more than one), but then I thought, “what on earth am I going to do with six hanks of lace?” After all, I don’t wear shawls, and I can’t wear wool or alpaca against my neck because of the itch factor (even super soft Merino and Baby Alpaca–boo). Then I remembered an article I read in a past Interweave Knits about double stranding yarn to make slow color changes. These samplers are perfect because the colors are in the same families and not too contrasting. Never having tried this technique before, I …
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