Planning, dying and a test knit

The other day I was mooching around on Ravelry, looking for a two colour, 8 ply cardigan to use up some left over yarn. I was going to use it for Flink, but I really don't need anther thick jumper, and I don't have any heavier cardigans that I love. While I was looking Sussana (Rav link) put out a testing call for a steeked, two colour, 8 ply cardigan. Perfect.

I needed to dye the colours, since one was white and I have a white cardigan and a white jumper, and I struggle to keep my whites white anyway. The other is from Leon's winter set and I don't really want to match his exactly. Here's the yarn before the dye.

I decided to try for a light tan for the main colour and a rust red / orange for the contrast colour. These will look very nice in the cardigan, and are a little different from the pinks and purples I've been knitting a lot recently.

I'm pretty happy with the colours. I really enjoy Sussana's test knits - as well as being a fabulous designer, she runs the tests through a Facebook group, so there is chatting and progress updates and it feels more like a knit-a-long than a solo test knit. This on is not a secret test, so I can show my progress as I go. Fun!

There is one deceptive things about the photo above - the larges orange skein is a tangled mess, so I'm off to spend some time winding and untangling.

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