Gradient Experiment Complete

My gradient dyed roving experiment is complete.

To recap:

• dyed a small (2oz ish) roving from dark to light in the same color.

• split roving lengthwise
• spun each half on its own bobbin
• chain plied each bobbin, resulting in
• 2 balls of 3ply sport weight yarn each going from dark to light

• knit one sock (due to small amt of yarn) in 4 row stripes starting one ball from the dark end, and the other from the light.

This was really fun, and the process has my mind whirling with all the other things you could try with a roving dyed like this:

• Knit one sock continuously from dark to light and knit its mate to match or to be its reverse
• Certain shawl patterns would look lovely knit out in one full sweep of the gradient
• Use two different color gradient rovings to create more funky striping possibilities for socks or other projects
• Use the gradient in a fair isle type pattern against a solid, or against itself going in the opposite direction like my test sock

I don't know why I'm obsessed with this right now, but the possibilities are practically endless. I plan to dye up some more of these in 4oz batches and maybe a few 2oz-ers for mixing and matching colors and putting them up in the shop to see how they do.