Per my plan last time, I attempted to add an After-the-Fact Life Line on my Black Hat.
Given the color saturation and lack of stich definition I mentioned, coupled with my getting-older eyes, this was not going well... I did go further than this picture shows, but you can see how difficult it is to see what's what. sigh.
So I decided to switch yarns and start over. After all... if I'm not enjoying making it, what sort of energy am I working into the object?
The new yarn is still black, but kettle-dyed with blue, which is very apparent in the above photo. This yarn is a 4-ply, so it has excellent stich definition and better bounce.
I did some more TINKing... :-/ But I am now caught up to where I decided to change yarns.
I have missed my goal of getting this hat finished before the snow flies at the recipient's home.... they got about 6.5" last week, when we got about 1".
I have on the order of 10 hours of work remaining, and a busy couple of weeks ahead. So I continue to move forward... and it will be finished when it's finished. :-)
This new yarn was acquired at Yarn Fest earlier this year. It is small-batch dyed by Teton Yarn Company. The colorway is Black Magic. The fiber is 100% Superwashed Merino.
Happy Fiber Arts Friday!
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