tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21586300.post116819671480176837..comments2024-03-01T00:26:48.670-08:00Comments on Pickin' and Throwin': Lorna's Laces questionDesignated Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17022685471972200007noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21586300.post-1168217224786188372007-01-07T16:47:00.000-08:002007-01-07T16:47:00.000-08:00I love the socks!I agree with Elizabeth that varia...I love the socks!<BR/><BR/>I agree with Elizabeth that variations in the same dye-lots of hand-paints can be dramatic. I've not noticed it with Lorna's Laces, but one of my favorite yarns "Celestial Merino" by Lucy Neatby has wide variation within the same skein! The skeins are large enough do to a about 3 socks, and the pair I made change quite a bit not just in saturation, but also in the dominant color. I also noticed it in the same yarn when I made a scarf. An overall blue on one end was an overall green by time I got to the other end!<BR/><BR/>I like to call it "character...."Designated Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17022685471972200007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21586300.post-1168216449832365732007-01-07T16:34:00.000-08:002007-01-07T16:34:00.000-08:00The socks are lovely. I think that there's a often...The socks are lovely. <BR/><BR/>I think that there's a often a wide variation in skeins even within the same dyelot with handpainted yarns. The only way to really avoid it would have been to work each sock from two skeins, alternating rounds. It truly will not matter. Most people wear their socks under shoes and pantlegs and no one will be the wiser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com