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I'm happily knitting Purl Soho's Ombre Wrap.? It's like buttah.? I'm getting close to my first transition to a lighter pink.? The one thing that I don't love about this is that there is a definitely line between the color changes (A photo of the yarn pack, knitted in the form of a throw is below.)? The color change is a very nit picking issue that I'll be happy to ignore, but wouldn't it be lovely if I could smooth out that line! Should I alternate yarn colors for an inch before moving to the new color?? I certainly don't want thicker edges in that area, which may not be a problem since the yarn easily compresses.? Opinions, please.? TIA, Mary. 
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There is a shawl called Free Your Fade by Andrea Mowry. Her very popular?one is Find Your Fade. She fades one color into another through a sequence of 20 rows. Basically you introduce the new color with 2 rows, then you knit a bit with old color, alternate again, knit a bit with the new color, and fade the old color out. I play fast and loose with this because I use Free Your Fade to use up bits of sock yarn by doing faded stripes in a MC. But sometime I run out before the whole fade sequence is done so I adjust. But it looks nice when properly done. Rows 1 & 2: Use color B.? Rows 3 - 6: Use color A.? Rows 7 & 8: Use color B.? Rows 9 & 10: Use color A.? Rows 11 & 12: Use color B.? Rows 13 & 14: Use color A.? Rows 15 - 18: Use color B.? Rows 19 & 20: Use color A.? Break color A and proceed with only color B.
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 7:45 AM mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5= [email protected]> wrote: I'm happily knitting Purl Soho's Ombre Wrap.? It's like buttah.? I'm getting close to my first transition to a lighter pink.? The one thing that I don't love about this is that there is a definitely line between the color changes (A photo of the yarn pack, knitted in the form of a throw is below.)? The color change is a very nit picking issue that I'll be happy to ignore, but wouldn't it be lovely if I could smooth out that line!
Should I alternate yarn colors for an inch before moving to the new color?? I certainly don't want thicker edges in that area, which may not be a problem since the yarn easily compresses.?
Opinions, please.? TIA, Mary.
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Exactly what I need.
Thanks so much, Jaya.
Mary.
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I've been doing a little swatch and I think that what I'll try is to alternate colors on each row:? seed stitch a row (195 stitches so it may take awhile), push Color A to the other end, and seed stitch a row of Color B.
I think the result may be even less stripey.? The colors are close in hue until I reach the lightest ones, so this may further blur the transition.? It may have the added benefit of a thinner edge in the transition area.
Mary.
PS? I saw Bombshell yesterday.? I wasn't expecting it to be that great, but it was one of the best of the last 12 months.? Charlize Theron was magnetic.? Nicole Kidman was solid, but Charlize just melted into Megan Kelly's cool hard demeanor perfectly.? Margot Robbie also top drawer - she is on fire this year.
Mary.
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Mary, If you use a circular needle, you can just push the sts to the other end and work the next row in Color A. Did you mean this or something else when you said push Color A to the other end? I wasn't sure so I thought I'd mention this.
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 8:19 AM mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5= [email protected]> wrote: I've been doing a little swatch and I think that what I'll try is to alternate colors on each row:? seed stitch a row (195 stitches so it may take awhile), push Color A to the other end, and seed stitch a row of Color B.
I think the result may be even less stripey.? The colors are close in hue until I reach the lightest ones, so this may further blur the transition.? It may have the added benefit of a thinner edge in the transition area.
Mary.
PS? I saw Bombshell yesterday.? I wasn't expecting it to be that great, but it was one of the best of the last 12 months.? Charlize Theron was magnetic.? Nicole Kidman was solid, but Charlize just melted into Megan Kelly's cool hard demeanor perfectly.? Margot Robbie also top drawer - she is on fire this year.
Mary.
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We saw Bombshell and liked it - although some characters were so poorly defined I kept thinking - “is that the husband? The producer? Someone else?”?
Two movie recs from me: Little Women - which will have you dissolving into a puddle. And Just Mercy, which is about Bryan Stevenson, one of my heroes. Also light on insight into him (he’s not self-revealing in any way) but it richly details the Jamie Foxx character, who Stevenson defends.?
Amy
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On Jan 11, 2020, at 5:19 AM, mary_007usa via Groups.Io < sewgood5@...> wrote: I've been doing a little swatch and I think that what I'll try is to alternate colors on each row:? seed stitch a row (195 stitches so it may take awhile), push Color A to the other end, and seed stitch a row of Color B.
I think the result may be even less stripey.? The colors are close in hue until I reach the lightest ones, so this may further blur the transition.? It may have the added benefit of a thinner edge in the transition area.
Mary.
PS? I saw Bombshell yesterday.? I wasn't expecting it to be that great, but it was one of the best of the last 12 months.? Charlize Theron was magnetic.? Nicole Kidman was solid, but Charlize just melted into Megan Kelly's cool hard demeanor perfectly.? Margot Robbie also top drawer - she is on fire this year.
Mary.
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Amy, had the same Bombshell problem!
I hate to admit it, but I dozed (a little) during Little Women, but I also enjoyed it.? They freshened the story without doing violence to it and they rode the line without preaching about women's rights.? Costume and sets were lovely.?
? I had some issues with the casting, not the acting.? 1.? I don't know how any woman, young or old, would fall for Laurie, let alone two women in the same film.? If he's going to get blazing drunk, he's got to have at least a dab of sex appeal to rise above just being a dweeb.??? 2.? Amy, well acted, but Mamma Mia, what a Basso Profondo voice.? These small things distracted me.
Saw 1917 today.? Visually arresting.? Simplistic story, but with this film it wasn't about the story.? It was getting the viewer there.
Mary
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I’m a long established lover of the “Little Women” books, I’ve read everything L.M. Alcott ever wrote (including those stories full of city low life)and I’ve seen every adaptation going. I was surprised to see a new version of L.W. so soon after the last one but I did think this new one was terrific in pointing out the importance of several underlying issues about the story without “spoiling” its traditional elements. And I did like to see Marmee played as she should be, as a woman we would now consider young, ie barely 40 if that (which did seem old when we were reading the book as kids), with strong feelings to match her strong principles. If this puts you off, don’t let it – go and see and enjoy. Several of my daughters/nieces, who staunchly refused to read past the start of Little Women and barely endured previous films, have loved it and are still talking ?about the issues? arising from it. And I really enjoyed it too. ? Jenny ?
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Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Lame Question, Seed Stitch Edition ? Amy, had the same Bombshell problem!
I hate to admit it, but I dozed (a little) during Little Women, but I also enjoyed it.? They freshened the story without doing violence to it and they rode the line without preaching about women's rights.? Costume and sets were lovely.?
? I had some issues with the casting, not the acting.? 1.? I don't know how any woman, young or old, would fall for Laurie, let alone two women in the same film.? If he's going to get blazing drunk, he's got to have at least a dab of sex appeal to rise above just being a dweeb.??? 2.? Amy, well acted, but Mamma Mia, what a Basso Profondo voice.? These small things distracted me.
Saw 1917 today.? Visually arresting.? Simplistic story, but with this film it wasn't about the story.? It was getting the viewer there.
Mary
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I agree, Jenny.? I hope I didn't put anyone off. I certainly didn't mean to do that.? I just love going to almost every genre of move with the exception of films where the focus is blowing things (and humans) up.? Just give me the third row with a bag of popcorn every time.? Would I see LW again?? Certainly I would and I would probably see something different at the second screening.
PS? Changing colors every other row and pushing the completed row to the opposite end of the circ has been perfect to smooth the colors transitions.? Greatly improved results.
Mary.
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Never occurred to me that you’d put anyone off! ? NB I envy you that ombre wrap, I look at it often but the customs tax would make it so much more expensive. I might go and see if I could put together a similar scheme from stash – I guess now I’ve turned 61 I should stop hoarding the stash and start using it ? Remind me which colorway you went for? ?
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Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Lame Question, Seed Stitch Edition ? I agree, Jenny.? I hope I didn't put anyone off. I certainly didn't mean to do that.? I just love going to almost every genre of move with the exception of films where the focus is blowing things (and humans) up.? Just give me the third row with a bag of popcorn every time.? Would I see LW again?? Certainly I would and I would probably see something different at the second screening.
PS? Changing colors every other row and pushing the completed row to the opposite end of the circ has been perfect to smooth the colors transitions.? Greatly improved results.
Mary.
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I wasn't very original.? I did the original Hot Pink.? The Plum is gorgeous and probably much more wearable than the pink, but since it's a complete indulgence, I indulged on the color too.? I love almost every color.? Even the Vermillion is beautiful; it just smoulders.
Mary.
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I haven’t seen the other films, but am right there with you on Little Women. It’s just gorgeous, and beautifully acted. And you need two hankies, one for the serious weeping and the other for the times all through the picture where you
suddenly tear up briefly.
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Well, I did, anyhow.
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Lise in NJ
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We saw Bombshell and liked it - although some characters were so poorly defined I kept thinking - “is that the husband? The producer? Someone else?”?
Two movie recs from me: Little Women - which will have you dissolving into a puddle. And Just Mercy, which is about Bryan Stevenson, one of my heroes. Also light on insight into him (he’s not self-revealing in any way) but it richly details
the Jamie Foxx character, who Stevenson defends.?
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On Jan 11, 2020, at 5:19 AM, mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5@...> wrote:
I've been doing a little swatch and I think that what I'll try is to alternate colors on each row:? seed stitch a row (195 stitches so it may take awhile), push Color A to the other end, and seed stitch a row of Color B.
I think the result may be even less stripey.? The colors are close in hue until I reach the lightest ones, so this may further blur the transition.? It may have the added benefit of a thinner edge in the transition area.
Mary.
PS? I saw Bombshell yesterday.? I wasn't expecting it to be that great, but it was one of the best of the last 12 months.? Charlize Theron was magnetic.? Nicole Kidman was solid, but Charlize just melted into Megan Kelly's cool hard demeanor perfectly.? Margot
Robbie also top drawer - she is on fire this year.
Mary.
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