Self Striping: An Ode

My latest obsession: self-striping yarns. While on a trip to Bowling Green this week, I stopped in at the local yarn store (Crafty Hands. It is very nice. You should visit if ever in town. It is open during normal business hours) and bought up a variety for use in projects for friends (a scarf and some tiny birds... don't tell!). now I want to self-stripe everything I make. It makes a simple, say... dishtowel, amazing and gorgeous. Just knit in any pattern or none at all, and voila! a stripey dishtowel! No work, no ties, no weaving in ends, no multiple skeins of yarn. it is God's gift to knitters. Who invented this stuff? That person (a woman, I am sure) should be CROWNED!

Next up.... Verigated Yarns: The Self Striper for Caterpillar Socks