I think I've been spinning yarn colors for my
Rams and Yowes blanket for at least 3 or 4 months now. In total, I spun 15 (I think) colors and needed 9. Here are the final 9 colors. The original yarn called for was Jamieson and Smith Shetland Supreme. The Fat Cat Knits colors I chose are listed followed by the Jamieson and Smith colors in parentheses. Again, all yarn spun is
Fat Cat Knits Semi-Solid Handpainted in Falkland fiber.
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Bottom row: Smoke (mooskit), Toasted Almond (sholmit), Specter (katmollet), Natural (white)
Middle row: Gandalf (yuglet), Dove (shaela), Black Walnut (black)
Top row: Columbian Roast (moorit), Light Taupe (gaulmogot) |
Here are all of the browns I spun:
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Top to Bottom:
Light Taupe
Ash Beige
Taupe
Toasted Almond
Sienna
Chestnut
Columbian Roast
Walnut
Black Walnut |
Here are all the greys/browns and natural I spun:
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Top to Bottom:
Natural
Specter
Dove
Smoke
Gandalf
Charcoal
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The original design, by Kate Davies, is only 3 feet x 3 feet. I want it much bigger, so I'm making it 6 feet x 6 feet, basically 4 times the size in the pattern. I have no idea how many yards I'm going to need, so I will be keeping a tally as I go. I don't have enough experience in spinning to know I will need X-amount. So, this is a learn-as-I go experience, that's for sure. I enjoy the fact that I can take my time with this. Also, Ginny has been phenomenal. I had originally chosen Taupe as one of the final colors but it just didn't quite fit in. If only I could have had it lighter.... so I asked and she delivered .... and it is perfect!!
Next up is the Rams and Yowes swatch. I'm going to wind off the yarn and see how many yards I have in each 2 oz skein. Stay tuned!!
