This is post number one for a shawl that has been in design since May 2016! It all started with this.
I then asked RedFish dye works to dye some of their 2/120 100% silk thread in a close color. They did a great job considering it was all through email. The sheen of the silk really shows next to the matte of the cotton.
Next came the name, Kokoleka, chocolate in Hawaiian.
This shawl is all about chocolate, the color, the name and the motifs used in it. In doing some research on how the beans grow and what the plant looks like I learned that white chocolate beans do exist. Cocoa beans grow in pods on trees. The color of the bean cannot yet be determined before theb pod is opened.
I will post the progress of this design the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month. I will detail the sucesses and failures during the project. I will warn you now it's looking to be a long project. You'll have to wait for the next post to find out why, but here is a sneak peak photo...
Is that tea and a scale?
Happy stitching!
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