June 28, 2003
Metalworking
the bigger difference is what you see in a swatch that has been knitted with unfelted yarn and then felted, and a swatch simply knitted up in the felted yarn:
i like them both, and might use both looks. what i am going for is a rather aged, archiological-find look. embellishments will be added. details of projects will soon follow!
Posted by amber at June 28, 2003 09:20 AM
it was no cleverness on my part to make -- or recognize -- batts of wool that looked like copper with patina on it. it was the cleverness of the person from whom i purchased the batts. and i can no longer, darn it, remember the name of the farm.
but i have been spinning these singles with a few very specific projects in mind. and i have been felting this yarn. the difference is perhaps not so obvious initially. here, you see unfelted yarn stretched over my kitchen counter, and next to it, the felted skein, upclose:
the bigger difference is what you see in a swatch that has been knitted with unfelted yarn and then felted, and a swatch simply knitted up in the felted yarn:
i like them both, and might use both looks. what i am going for is a rather aged, archiological-find look. embellishments will be added. details of projects will soon follow!
Posted by amber at June 28, 2003 09:20 AM