Every month, Dutch Wool Diva has an image contest in her Ravelry group, to determine the custom colourway that she will dye for the next month. One month it’s a skein of yarn, the other it’s a braid of fiber. Group members are asked to submit a beautiful picture, inspired by a theme set by the Diva herself, to inspire her back with colours and dynamics.
The theme for May was the “roaring twenties”. Just before the deadline of May 1st, I managed to find a picture of a 1922 painting by Frank Xavier Leyendecker, of a woman with colourful butterfly wings, rising up like a phoenix. It was a strong image, and I immediately knew that this was going to be my entry. I named it “Flap your wings” and posted in the contest thread.
A couple of days later I got a surprise: an earburn lead me back to the thread, to find out that my image was chosen to be the inspiration for this month’s custom fiber! I felt honoured, of course, and Agnès showed a picture of what it would look like. The base is Finnish Wool Top. She took out five strong colours and dyed the top in a variegated way. This week the fiber arrived, and it looks great! I will probably spin it during the Tour de Fleece.
Glad you like it! Can’t wait for the Tour de Fleece 🙂
Yeah, me too!