Saturday, November 8, 2008

Diversity Celebration

This is a little illustrated story of how a ball of hand-dyed fiber from Creatively Dyed became a November Air art scarf called Diversity Celebration.

This first photo shows what the prepared fiber looks like just before spinning. It always has a certain airy elegance at this stage, and is very nice to touch.


The next photo shows the yarn in production on the flier of the spinning wheel.

This of course is the finished yarn prior to knitting.

And the finished scarf! The design is a simple, bevel knit style that shows of the wonderful variety of color. This was clearly a case where the fiber & yarn were meant to do the talking! A more active design would have detracted from the harmonious yet diverse palette.

for more photos of this colorful beauty, please check out the Etsy listing.

7 comments:

animeg said...

My favorite photo is of the spinning wheel.

Anonymous said...

My favorite is the spinning wheel too! The colors are so vibrant! Love it!

Anonymous said...

Nice set of photos... really makes one appreciate the beautiful finished scarf.

Julia said...

Thanks everyone! :)

tarabu said...

Congrats on the new blog - I'm looking forward to a little more luxe in my life! - are you going to do a 'follow me' gadget somewhere on the bottom?

Stela said...

how cool! I love how you showed the fibers in all its different states! The scarf looks beautiful!

silverdot said...

Beautiful photos! I love your work. Thanks for commenting on my blog! I love the spinning wheel photo too.