From a knitter living in Hampden in the South Island of New Zealand.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Nightfall Tam
This is a traditional tam design with the central star but I've added extra stars around the body and used minimal colours - just the natural black and white and some madder and lichen to aim for a late evening look.
Thanks for the encouragement. The lichen is the paler mauvey colour but as Doespins could tell you there is a quite a range of colours possible from this type of lichen. It can be reused many times and finally gives yellows when the purples and pinks are exhausted.
4 comments:
Gorgeous. Your natural dyes and colour choices are just beautiful. Can't wait to see the next one.
Beautiful design and a lovely combination of colors! Which color is produced by the lichen?
Thanks for the encouragement.
The lichen is the paler mauvey colour but as Doespins could tell you there is a quite a range of colours possible from this type of lichen. It can be reused many times and finally gives yellows when the purples and pinks are exhausted.
wow, super tams, not only lovely colour combinations, but such very neat knitting!
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