Everyone! Into the Pool!

so one of the complaints that people have about working in variegated yarns is that they don't like the pooling.  and sometimes i'm in total agreement.

ACK!!!

but sometimes the pooling is exactly what a project needs.

after my dye job of a couple of weeks ago, i was so curious about how my yarn would knit up that i decided i would make something simple that would highlight the interplay of colors that i was so looking forward to seeing.  so i cast on 100 stitches -- i had a wide scarf/wrap planned -- and started knitting.

and i was a little underwhelmed.  it wasn't horrible, but the colors just kind melded into something that reminded me of a baby yarn colorway with the words "bunny hop print" in the name. i was a little bored. (the white balance on this photo is off, but i was too lazy to fix)

so i frogged and this time cast on only 60 stitches and look what happened...

POOLING!!

but in a good way.

and certainly more fun to knit.

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day 95 --  early today!