(picture from Aurora Alpaca website)
How about this for a project?! I am not sure how I ran across this pattern but I knew I had to knit it! The pattern chart is 12 pages long and I guess every row is different. You can get your pattern from the designer Sharon Winsauer at Aurora Alpacas. The pattern wasn't on her website the last I looked but you can e-mail her at web2@aurora-alpacas.com . The pattern costs around 12 bucks and she responds right away. She can send it to you in the mail or you can get a version to download.
Anyway, to find the appropriate yarn on a budget. Knit picks shimmer is almost the exact yarn in make-up - alpaca and silk, and weight. Problem is I am afraid the variegation in the yarn will distract from the pattern. So I tried my hand at overdying. I had some left over shimmer from
making my Mother in Law's Clapotis in Turquoise Splendor. I gave the yarn a soak in vinegar and water for about 6 hours then the first batch I dyed with Wiltons food coloring paste. I did it in the microwave similar to the Kool-aid dying but it took a lot longer and the water never did really run clear. The second attempt after the vinegar soak went into the crock pot with some powdered food coloring. I can't really tell much difference but I preferred the Wiltons past to the powder because it mixed into the water better. I am going to knit up a couple of swatched to make sure the more subtle variegation won't detract from the pattern.
More to Come!
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