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Artful yarn garffitti similar1/12/2024 Sprinkled looking! Paired with a crisp summer dress, it would make quite the party outfit. The simple garter body works with short color bursts quite nicely, while the edging keeps the knitting interesting.Ī light-colored speckle yarn without too much color variation would sing in this long garter shawl with a deep lace edging.Ī simple triangle shawl with biasing garter stitch makes an intriguing knit that would pair well with dramatic color changes.Ĭan’t you just see this clever Mobius top in a playful speckle yarn? Something light and This shawl’s already worked in a speckled yarn! I imagine it would look like graffiti houndstooth! This scarf would be really cool in a solid and a speckle yarn that have high contrast with each other. THE VERTEX CARDIGAN from Interweave Knits Spring 2013Ī sweet and simple cardi with unusual lines shows off artful yarns. Short-rows in hand-dyed yarns are always a hoot.ģ. Speckled samples on display at The Fiber Seed booth at TNNA, June 2017 12 KNITTING PATTERNS FOR SPECKLED YARN 1. A lot of the speckle yarns out there are sock yarns, but you don’t have to knit socks with them! I’ve gathered several ideas from our archives these patterns would look great in speckled sock yarns or other variegated fingering-weight yarns. But the speckling and riotous color will obscure stitch patterns, so it’s best to look for simple fabrics and statement pieces. Variegated yarns have their limits in general, but the nice thing about speckled yarns is that they’re less prone to pooling than hand-dyed yarns with long color runs. But what can you DO with them? Alegria is a sock yarn that comes in speckled colorways, such as this one-called Happy! Each dyer has her own secrets, but it’s no secret that these splattery, speckley yarns are all the rage at the moment. You can also flick a brush of dye onto yarn, or even stipple the yarn with a stiff brush. Some speckles are just really short color runs, while others are achieved by sprinkling dye crystals right onto the yarn and letting them set into little freckles of color. What is speckle yarn? Well, it’s a style of hand-dyed yarn whereby the color is applied in flecks and sprinkles, rather than in big paint-strokes or by dipping the yarn into dye. And some of these yarns look like the bucket’s been dumped on them! Like someone might pull a cord and dump a bucket of green slime on your head at any moment. Here at the Interweave office, we jokingly call it SPLATTER yarn, which has a nice Nickelodeon ring to it. If you’ve spent any time on Ravelry in recent months, you’ve surely noticed a new trend: SPECKLED YARN. ✓ Want to learn exciting new techniques? Join thousands at the biggest fiber arts, bead and jewelry fest August 1-5th in Lancaster, PA with expert-led workshops, live demos, giveaways, and a marketplace full of one-of-a-kind vendors! Click here to learn more about Maker Festivals.
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