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The knitting is complete! I just have to get the pieces put together and get the pattern on paper
2 fronts and the back are complete too!
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Back to working on the Escape Cardigan. Sleeve #1
Back continuing....
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The real knitting has started. This is the back. Just finished the bottom border, now moving on to the Stockinette Stitch portion of the back.
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Sherri Adams I saw the knitting before I saw who posted it - and I knew it was you, Cheryl!! Love it.
Linda Prosser This is beautiful
I love how the colors look in the ball.
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Escape Swatch - Feather and Fan with one added knit row to show off the colors and to prevent the dreaded roll!
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"Escape" colorway in Kid Colors (wool/mohair blend)
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"Escape" in Impressions yarn
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Kat Oliver I'm showing the new colorways dyed on some of the different yarns carried by Scarlet Fleece (www.scarletfleece.com) @Cheryl Beckerich
This is my 2nd swatch for the Escape Cardigan. Let me know which one you like best please.
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This swatch is out of the same yarn, Painted Merino, but in a different colorway. Swatches are critical for writing a pattern, as well as knitting from that pattern!
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Sherri Adams Where can I get this yarn? I'm so in love with the colorway!
Cheryl Beckerich I was going to let you know to look at www.scarletfleece.com, but you found it before I got the chance!
Sherri Adams I lost the link you gave for the sweater you knitted with this yarn - I'd love to buy the pattern.
Cheryl Beckerich Creative Knitting magazine holds the copyright for this pattern. If you happen to be one of their electronic subscibers, you can get access to 2 years of back issues. It is really a pretty good deal. As far as I can tell, they are not selling this one as an individual pattern.
A quick knitted swatch of Escape. I don't feel the pic does the colors justice,
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Yarn is hanging to to dry.
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Cheryl Beckerich I love it. I can't wait to see it in person
After touching up yarn, ready to wash the yarn. I use Palmolive.
I record the new "escape" colorway into the dye recipe book to refer to for future.
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Kat Oliver More pictures to be added as I move forward into the process. See Scarlet Fleece Facebook page for additional photos not seen here.
Colors are poured in predetermined quadrants.
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Kat Oliver Once yarn is heated and steaming, colors are poured. Because of the heat-the dye is quickly absorbed by the dye. If I were to pour the dye when yarn is cold, then the color transitions would be more blurred.
Landscapes Dyes mixed ready to pour.
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Kat Oliver I use (and distribute for the USA market) Landscapes dyes by Kraft Kolour
After adding water-we set the temp to 180˚.
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Kat Oliver I use a heat source where the temp can be set-we do not want the yarn to boil.
Folding 10 skeins into dye pot accordion style.
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Kat Oliver These are 10 skeins of dk weight washable merino-soon to be Painted Merino in "Escape" colorway.
New color studies-I like the starred ones. The lighter color is a light turquois. Darker color is a blue grey.
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Kat Oliver Ok-I did a series of triads with the mountains and comments in mind. I think the simpler 3 color format is more striking-but please add comments-as the yarn has arrived and I will be dyeing it beginning of next week. (Yea!)
Kat Oliver @Cheryl Beckerich What do you think?
Judy Hinkes Oh - I Love them all! You can't go wrong with any of these choices! The one choice you can make is how much contrast do you want between the various colors in the sweater's design? Subtle color changes... or more distinct changes..... Can't wait to see what you will choose. :)
Design 2
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Kat Oliver I'm thinking I like the sleeves.
Teresa Halvorson-Fox I love the sleeves. This is something anyone any size could wear.
Design 1
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Kat Oliver Hi Cheryl...I like it-which yarn?
Patricia Pollard Depending on the weight of yarn, vest could be worn more often than with sleeves
Color study 5, sample 3 and 4
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Cheryl Beckerich I like sample 3 too
Judy Hinkes I like color study 5 - sample 3 because there is good contrast - the yellows in the other color studies seem quite harsh - I love this mellow blend of blues greens and purples
Cheryl Beckerich I like the turquoise too, but I think not in this colorway
Theresa Baxter I like Color Study 5, sample 3, summer/fall coloring.
Cheryl Beckerich SAMPLE 3 is the chosen colorway. Let the dying process begin!
Color study 4, samples 5 and 6
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Judy Hinkes I like color study 4 sample 5, but not a fan of the yellow in sample 6
Cheryl Beckerich My eyes keep going to Color study 5, sample 3. I like the saturation of the color and the combination.. I am just not a fan of the yellow-green with the blue, grape, dark green.
Cheryl Beckerich Ha - I made the same comment twice, and both times under the wrong picture!
Theresa Baxter I like Color study 4, sample 5, good spring colors
Color study 3, samples 10 and 11
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Sherry Anderson I prefer sample 6. This is way too dark for spring!
Sherry Anderson Sorry, I meant color study 3 sample 7. I don't see 8 and 9, but I think 10 and 11 just moved me from Spring to Winter
color study 3 sample 7
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Cheryl Beckerich Escape - I like that. lets look at it with a gray, just to make sure. Can we see it with a light gray and a darker gray?
Judy Hinkes A nice blue-grey would work well with the purple.
Sherry Anderson Do we have to take out a color to bring in the grey? If we do I recommend the dark green. If not - I can't wait to see the next step! How fun!
Kat Oliver Ok...let me put something together-I'll try a dark blue grey to work in first-maybe make that the primary color. We don't want too many colors-no more than 4-actually 3 is better. Because we also get some "sub-colors as they touch one another.
Sherry Anderson Can't wait to see it!
Color study 1 (samples 1 and 2)
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Kat Oliver On these color sample-actual dyes and dyed yarn are used.
I like the brilliance of these colors, and especially the greens
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Kat Oliver I'm liking this the best-that pop of yellow-green-although not sure I like the spring green.
Cheryl Beckerich I like the spring green, and am not as thrilled with the yellow green (in the picture). In the yarn - I am thinking more dark green, grays, charcoal, a little white and sky blue
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Kat Oliver Prrreeettty!
Linda Prosser Love it.