Call me crazy, but I like this:
A lot better than this:
The wound picture is more representative of the actual color. I love dark rich colors. Hurray! As for the whole teal thing, I meant I was going to dye the green yarn a dark teal, not the bright sock yarn. After skeining 3 balls of that green yarn, I might give up on that plan. I hate skeining! Do you think knitting it and then dyeing the finished sweater would work? That seems like it'd be a whole lot less work.
Oooo, I like the overdyed yarn too. Congratulations on creating a colorway that you like. Yes, you can knit and dye a knit sweater in pieces. That's basically what Jeni, Mary, and I did with our Dye-o-rama sock yarn. But you'll end up with a different look... it all depends on what you're going for.
Posted by: Janice at June 3, 2006 4:24 PMI like the overdyed but I also liked the bright one. I like everything! (HA!)
Posted by: [no author] at June 3, 2006 8:02 PMI like the overdyed yarn as well. I would opt for the easier option -- knit first, dye later. But I am lazy like that.
Posted by: Gina at June 4, 2006 10:01 AMOoooh... I liked the bright just 'cuase it was fun, but I really like the finished overdyed version. You're right - it is a lot better!
Nice job!
Posted by: Pink Dandelion at June 4, 2006 11:40 AMI have some yarn that I want to redye for a sweater and am thinking about the same thing. my biggest worry is that dyeing the sweater will shrink it a tad or something. I suppose careful swatching and dyeing, measuring is in order.
Posted by: Dorothy at June 4, 2006 4:23 PMooooooooo
I like it better too!!!!!! Sometimes we need it a little subtle....
very pretty.
Posted by: beth at June 6, 2006 9:44 AMMaybe I'm crazy too, I like the overdyed more also. Cool stuff you did!
Posted by: Terry at June 6, 2006 7:10 PMMaybe I'm crazy too, I like the overdyed more also. Cool stuff you did!
Posted by: Terry at June 6, 2006 7:11 PMI'm with you, the deep rich colors are awesome. It's hard to pull of some of those bright colors sometimes, y'know?
Posted by: knittingnurse at June 8, 2006 4:16 AMI was so beat after two skeining sessions (one for the practice skein and one for the real swap one) that I seriously considered knitting something in its entirety and then dunking it. It just has to be less work...right?
Posted by: Juls at June 9, 2006 7:11 PM