Lace Project Finished and Dye Job Gone Bad

Whoo...hoooo!  The lace project is finished.  Now I can be in love with it again.  As far as lace projects go it was a fairly easy one and an interesting one to complete. I purchased the yarn at Stitches Midwest in 2008, from Brooks Farm Yarn http://brooksfarmyarn.com/    The yarn is called Acero, it is 60% wool, 20% silk and 20% viscose.  It was fantastic yarn to work with, no fuzz, slight sheen, and an almost heathered color.  The drape is wonderful for this project.  I was looking for a lace project that wasn't too "frilly".  I wanted something that would be a heavier weight.  I came up with "Ene's Scarf" by Nancy Bush.  Wonderful, Wonderful pattern. It is worked by casting on along the lower two sides and then decreased as it is worked up towards the center of the top edge.  The best thing is it keeps getting smaller and smaller, instead of the traditional shawl that just grows and grows.  The shawl pin is a great item  I purchased from http://nicholasandfelice.etsy.com/  It is light weight and still has enough gusto to hold any shawl in its place.  Check out their shop on Etsy.  They have wonderful items.

I finished another project the other day.   I recently purchased some hand carders. I had some roving from a day that the dye session had gone terribly wrong.  I thought, "hey, I might as well try them on something that really doesn't matter a whole lot".  Well, all you fiber freaks out there know that every piece of fiber can be saved one way or another.  After I had all my little rolags I spun it and went back to the dye pot.

As you can see, not a good mixture.  I got the idea to over dye it with blue, thinking that the green would turn maybe an aqua of some sort, the pink a purple of some sort and the white or cream would be blue.

I love it when a plan comes together.

Here it is now.  Much better I think.