If you follow Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, theYarn Harlot, you might have read her posts about the Color Affection shawl. The desire to knit it became so great at one retreat that they started calling the Color Infection, which seems true because the infection was so strong it reached over the internet. I've been dying to make this shawl ever since.
I'm on a yarn diet, however, and despite many looks through the stash, I found nothing right to knit it with. I even managed to resist a sale at Knit Picks on the right yarn. I kept telling myself I had many too many other projects to finish first.
Happily, I finally remembered that I have fiber in my stash too.
This is some wool-ish roving I've had for a year or two. I say wool-ish because it is mill ends guaranteed to be at least 80% wool. There is something else really shiny and fluffy in there every now and then. I tried a burn test, and I don't think it's synthetic, so I'm hoping it's tussah. It sure feels silky.
I read a lot of people's finished projects on Ravelry, to try to decide how much to spin. I finally split off segments of 50 g, 45 g, and 40 g for each of the three colors. I decided to spin first and dye after, though that decision alone took me a few days.
I just finished plying up the 50 gram bit. It has just a touch of brown in it, but is mostly creamy white right now. I still have to decide on colors for the finished shawl!
