This very pretty bird of many colors is native to Southern and Eastern Africa, and in African culture considered the bird of peace. This particular angle and palette selection focuses in on the blues, pinks, and purples of this fine specimen.
The fiber this month is another roving, this time a reclaimed 50/50 blend of wool and rayon, a nice cool blend for summer with a fun cottony feel. Both fibers are short, so you might prefer to do a short draw on this one, or make some rolags (or fauxlags) to give you better control if attempting long draw. I dyed this layed out in a diagonal pattern across a rectangular pan, then dyed across in stripes for regularly changing colors that taper at each end, one end favoriting purple, the other blue.
For the yarn, I tried a more free approach, scrunching the skeins with a half twist, applying the colors in short stripes across, then flipping and applying stripes on the reverse, but offset from the first side. It made for some nice blending of colors, and a more random watercolor look overall, and each skein and definitely each batch is unique. I didn’t have a chance to swatch this yet, but I did ball it, and you can see it isn’t showing any regular patterns in the ball.
This is a new sock yarn for us, it’s similar to Journey, but a 3 ply, and from a different supplier. Let me know what you think of it.
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