Repeat

 

Last month I knit a Free Your Fade in jewel tones, which I love.  As I was knitting it, however I began to think about doing one in grays and blacks.  In a neutral colorway, this wrap would go with everything.  I kind of shelved the idea until Caleb got me a gift certificate for Eat.Sleep.Knit.  for Mother's Day.  A couple of days later I had my grays in hand and wound the skeins for knitting.

I chose Madelinetosh Pashmina for my yarn.  (If it's going to go with everything, it's going to get a lot of wear and who doesn't want to wear Pashmina?)  My colors are, from light to dark:  Moonglow, Charcoal, and Dirty Panther.

This pattern is pretty fast to knit up and the knitting itself is simple, so I didn't mind making another one so soon after the first.  Also, going from multi-tonal jewel colors to nearly solid grays made the knitting process feel completely different.

One thing I should note, Pashmina has less yardage per skein and while I had checked the yardage I used of the third color in my first Free Your Fade, I knew I was going to be playing yarn chicken.  Sure enough, this is the end of the skein after binding off.  I had to stop doing picots for the last couple of inches to even get this.  I'm not worried about it since it's not obvious, but if anyone else decides to use Pashmina for this project, you need to know that running out of the third color is a real possibility!