From Fluff to Finished Object

The final step in the Squatch Along is to turn your fluff into a finished object. This is Strimma, and it's the first garment I've ever made.  This is a size 4T, and it's for my granddaughter.

The picture above is before I soaked it.  After soaking, it looks like this:

It went from being a tunic to a dress, and I'm not quite sure why.  I suspect that part of it has to do with the three different fibers, and part of it has to do with the fact that Forest Sky is somewhat finer than the other two skeins.  I learned that my suspicions are correct, and that smaller needles for the top would have helped.  There is some laddering in the sleeves, but I've learned how to avoid that, in the future.

Order of skeins from the top down is Forest Sky, Forest Floor, and Forest Mushroom.  The sleeves are Forest Mushroom, and although the sleeve on the left looks yellow in the photograph, it is actually a bright yellow green.

Picture showing amount of yarn left over:

Overall, I'm beyond pleased with this, and have added the pattern to my list of favorites.

While I know that barber poling will help keep color transitions from being so abrupt, what surprised me with Forest Sky, is that there are still distinct bands of color, even though it was badly poled.  As I was knitting, it occurred to me that the poling has an effect similar to pixels in a picture.  This leads to some interesting speculation about manipulating the poling/pixels, which I intend to explore further.