Saturday, March 12, 2005

Great White Hope

I was pretty sure I could see a difference in dye lots in the two very similar bags of off-white yarn that I was using to make my Aran vest. But when I decided to bite the bullet and finish the damned thing, the difference had faded to nearly nothing. Or so I thought.

Denial is more than a river.

This morning, in the clear light of dawn, there is a distinct difference in color! The front (24 rows into it) is decidedly more yellow to my untrained eye.



I'm not certain that the photo does it justice.

I am not certain if I will continue *sob*

I'm not even sure I want to salvage the yarn.

How sad is that?

I don't think I can stand to back burner this vest for another 2 years, so I'll be making the decision (to move forward or abandon) within the next 48 hours.

The good news is that if I finish it, the entire front will be one dye lot (the slightly lighter one).

And now, I must be off to tilt at windmills. Yes, I'm off to work. . .
// posted by Ann @ 3/12/2005 07:13:00 AM
Comments:
Because it's a cotton acrylic blend.

Besides, my luck with dyeing to cover dyelot differences has never been successful.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.
# posted by Blogger Ann : 4:10 PM
 
Well poop. I was going to suggest that you dye it pinque and send it to me.

You see, a ~completed~ item doesn't add to your stash. In fact I could even count YOUR work as one of MY completed items.

No, I'm not good at math, why do you ask?
# posted by Blogger Rabbitch : 5:29 PM
 
Finish it! It's wonderful. Just face forward into the world and no one will ever see the back.

Jean
# posted by Blogger Jean : 3:31 AM
 
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