The yellow was turning into orange at about the same time as the other yarn was turning from red to orange, so I was going to be knitting the Zilboorg pattern (page 34) with two strands of yarn the same shade. Very Zen, don't you think?
I got sort of apoplectic for a while, I mean I could have handled an abrupt change of colour with a great big knot because I would have seen that and dealt with it before I'd knitted another 20 rows of pattern, but having this sneak up on me was a bit much.However, I eventually decided to be philosophical about it - in the Alan Bennett way; 'Be philosophical about it, don't give it another thought!' I cut the yarn and pulled the other end from the centre of the ball, tied a great big knot in it, and carried on.
I've decided it was actually a blessing in disguise because it will give me more colour combinations. In fact, I could do it deliberately after this pattern. Here we have yellow and blue together, which wouldn't have happened if the colours
had continued correctly, and which is agreeably Monet-ish. And since then it's turned blue and orange, like blue corn chips and regular corn chips. Mmm, crispy snacks.
2 comments:
Ooh! That's lovely -- the pattern is beautiful with this yarn. I know exactly what you mean about the colors coming together -- the same thing happened to me, only it took me a while before I was smart enough to rip back and reattach. Thanks for the compliment on the sweater; I promise I won't tell a soul about the v-neck thing ;)
Perhaps it's Kauni's way of changing the colour combos. I also found an abrupt change from dark blue to red, no knot or unevenness, and fortunately, no loss of contrast to the other colour, so things continue to be interesting..
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