I made this cape last winter with yarn that I dyed with plants. Starting at the top, the dye plants for the colors are: Hypericum, St. Johnswort, flowers - yellow Onion skins - orange yellow Lichen - tan Cedar needles - brown Rhododendron leaves - light green mix of lichen, rhododendron and cedar -darker green
I entered it in our local Agricultural Fair and pulled in third prize! All the fame and glory plus 3 bucks!!!
mad for crochet!
Congratulations! I've always liked that cape. I'm glad the judges had equally good taste, lol.
That's just gorgeous! How long did it take to make?
-Prisca-
Gee! Thanks! There are more pictures of it in the In Progress section of this forum. This was one of those projects that I worked on over a long period of time. I obsessed on the dyeing last winter and when I had built up enough yarn of the same weight, I wanted to put the colors together somehow. I kept just looking at the skeins and placing them next to eachother in different orders and combinations. I wound them into balls and did some more staring at them for a while. Then I found a really nice shawl pattern and adapted it as I went. It is mostly done in tall stitches, and there are a lot of spaces, so the crocheting didn't really take too long. The blocking was a chore, tho! Sorry to have blabbed on. Glad you like the cape!
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