Susan posted about a lovely gradient scarf she knit that shifts from yellow to gray: her Reverse Psychology. I thought the gradient kit I bought at the Sheep & Wool Festival would work well with that pattern and go with my Funky Grandpa. In the Rainey Sister tradition, I shamelessly copied her and made my own.
The yarn I used is Fiber Optics Kashmir Paintbox gradient in the colorway Light Into Darkness. Each gradient kit contains 15 mini-skeins of 30 yards each. The color moves from bright yellow to black.
I wound the skeins into one, simply tying them together as I went.
Then, as I knit the scarf, I spit spliced the skeins together. It worked great. At the very end, I needed a little bit more black to finish out the last section so I spliced in a bit of the black yarn from my Funky Grandpa.
And I do think it goes with my sweater!
From Susan — I love it!!
Comment by lv2knit — June 8, 2017 @ 9:54 am
They go wonderfully together!
Comment by Mary M — June 8, 2017 @ 12:21 pm
Beautiful! I do not understand the term ‘split spliced’ so will try google!
Comment by Sherry B. — June 8, 2017 @ 6:39 pm
Looks great with your sweater. I love Fiber Optics gradients.
Comment by Robin F — June 9, 2017 @ 9:46 am
Looking good there!! I see nothing wrong with copying….I do it all the time or at least in my mind I do. Only 5 weeks to vaca!!!
Comment by Penny — June 9, 2017 @ 10:07 am
Wow, the Paintbox and Zauberball colors complement each other perfectly, what are the odds? You’ve put together a very stylish outfit, congratulations!
Comment by Pru (tigermum) — June 9, 2017 @ 2:10 pm
Absolutely love gradient yarns – those are gorgeous!
Comment by Carolyn — July 5, 2017 @ 6:27 am