Rainbow Jasper: Kits of Minis by TUS

Sorry, we seem to be all out but might be able to order more!

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Our kit
Our kit
Kieran's original
Kieran's original
Price: $63.00
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I just found one more last kit for this most intriguing design!!

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If you have been around EarthFaire for a while, you will know that I am a huge fan of the designs of Kieran Foley. When he came out with his Rainbow Jasper, I immediately wrote to Kelly of The Unique Sheep (TUS) to talk about what she might dye for knitting this beauty.  

And now here is her answer! I am thrilled

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Be sure to get your pattern from the designer on his Ravelry page here or his website here

What we offer are the yarns in the amounts and colorways described below.

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The Design

Here is what Kieran writes:

A lightweight lace shawl inspired by the folded layers of color in Rainbow Jasper stone: “During formation patterns arise in sediment or volcanic ash; the original materials are often fractured or distorted, and filled in with other colorful minerals” (from Wikipedia). 


In the pattern the layers & rifts in the stone are suggested by frequent color changes and clusters of increases and decreases. Techniques include lace stitches, stacked decreases and a lot of splicing due to the frequent color changes.

The pattern is written out (there is no chart), the stacked decrease is fully explained, and there is a phototutorial for splicing the lace weight yarn. There are notes on color distribution and images for guidance; however, apart from the beginning of the project, the color distribution is not described row by row as it is essentially a sequence of combinations and variations within bands of warm and cool colors with the odd irregularity.

Yarns and Colorway

We do not offer the kit that Kieran references on his web pages; instead Kelly has taken the lace weight Selene (100% superwash merino) and made up a full set of mini-skeins, some mirroring the colorways of Kieran's original and some not so much.

You can see our kit in the inset photo on the lower left-hand corner of the top picture on this page and again below that.

She labeled these skeins from #1 through to #8.  From the second photo on this page, top to bottom, your kit will include:

#1: Jasper Gray: 110 yards

#2: Jasper Turquoise: 137 yards

#3: Jasper Leaf: 273 yards

#4: Jasper Sun: 82 yards

#5: jasper Orange: 220 yards

#6: Jasper Violet: 273 yards

#7: Jasper Pink: 110 yards

#8: Jasper Gold: 137 yards

 

 

 

 

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