Saturday, April 11, 2009

Round 6, Mermaid


Mermaid, Round 6
Originally uploaded by the duchess knits!
Trust me when I tell you that you'll never guess how I made this one.

Again, this is dark & rich in person. I swear to goodness, I'll build a light table next weekend.

Anyway, I prepped royal blue in one glass, and a wee bit of black in the other (I was going for grey). I "plied" 1.75oz of roving & tied a super loose knot at the end. I thought it might lend itself to some interesting results if I sort "layered" the roving. I started by spooning out the blue onto the roving in sections. Then, as the colour spread & there were only a few light spots, I put some grey on them. I actually ended up using a syringe for this (with no needle), which was a highly effective way to distribute colour. Or so I thought.

When this one dries, I'll be giving it to my friend MM, who happens to love these two colours. Sigh.

1 comment:

Michelle said...

Yes, please! So purty!