WIP Wednesday: Dyeing to Fade

Thought I haven't joined the What the Fade? MKAl, I did recently cast of for a So Faded Sweater. The idea of a fingering weight pullover that - yet again - clears several skeins of sock yarn out of my stash is incredibly appealing. This time, I didn't have all of the colors I wanted to use on hand, however. What I did have, however, is several undyed skeins of fingering weight yarn and a variety of dyes, so last weekend, I spent the better part of Saturday (and a bit of Sunday as well) attempting to dye the perfect blues to add to my Fade. And I think I succeeded! Here is my final color palette for this project:

(side note - I have a lot of yarn from this dye session that I'll be adding to my Etsy shop soon!)

I am still working on the gradient Starshower shawl/cowl - in fact, I am just about ready to start the sixth and final section. I'm hoping that is enough rounds to get to the blue part of the gradient; as you can see, the gradient is extremely subtle thus far (but if you squint, you can make it out....right?!?!). I suppose I can always add in some extra rounds at the end if needed, and yet, I am still kind of sweating this one.

The big news is that I started a pair of two-at-a-time socks! It feels like ages since I've knit a pair of socks, and I have been wanting to knit with this pretty skein of yarn from Long Dog Yarn that I bought at Knit 1 earlier this year. It took a while to decide on the pattern, but I finally landed on Devon from Cookie A's Sock Innovation (affiliate link). I'm looking forward to see how they knit up!

I hope to see you back here on Friday when I have a new FREE pattern to share with you (spoiler alert!!). Thanks for stopping by!

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