Specifically, this braid is made of hand-painted #20 crochet cotton almost certainly dyed Pam Porter of Keltic Krafts and purchased from a shop long since out of business. Since it's explicitly guaranteed not colorfast, and snarled and overtwisted something awful, I can't say I'm sorry to have finished it. Overall, the dye job is of significantly better quality than the commercially produced lizbeth stuff—no white or underdyed sections at all.

pink and blue braid. Completed, 2012 (i think). 84", cotton.

I started this braid to use in an omiyagi for JDftY3’s okaasan, warping enough thread for both the necklace and a draw-string bag to store it in. Alas, the bag remains in pieces, waiting to be sewn up, but I did finally finish the braid, shown here.

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