Glow Up Hera - May 2021
Well, I can't say much about this lovely darling since I took so long to finish it that I think I lost my notes on the dye method, but I do remember making the second color Chocolate brown a lower DOS than the others to help with the transition between colors.
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| Pattern Hera by Grace Faeron |
Colors used were Golden yellow in the center at 5% DOS, Chocolate Brown at 2% DOS and Warm Black at 5% DOS.
I think this turned out pretty lovely, however Hera is a big pattern, I think I used a good 170-175gms of Aunt Lydias size 10 thread to complete this pattern and comes out to a decent size over 25". It makes for a nice center piece on a round kitchen table.
The size and amount of thread this pattern uses I think is one of its biggest advantages in making a 3 color pour on gradient ball of thread, theres plenty of thread space for the 2nd and 3 colors to transition, so it doesn't become so stark of a color change between the two.
I haven't been doing much dyeing, unless you count tie dyeing some sheets and pillow cases, nor crocheting, in a bit of a funk here I think. The weather where I live has just been so godawful, I live in Western Canada and July was scorching hot and dry, then August has been so smokey with all the awful forest fires and hot. Nothing like being too smokey to open your windows during a heat wave, or opening your windows and your apartment smelling like an ash tray :(
But the weather seems to be finally letting up lately with some rain, still stinks but hopefully this will clear up the smoke for the rest of the year.
I'm hoping for my birthday to try out the Fiorie doily pattern bundle as a treat, tee hee, but I also bought the Elune pattern and have tested it for its thread needs, so I'm looking forward to dyeing some thread up for that bad boy too.
