My Very First Assigned Pooling Garen: Strawberry 🍓

Today is the day: my very first assigned pooling yarn is born! And what a beauty: a cheerful, summery color play that I named Strawberry.

What is Assigned Pooling?

For those unfamiliar with the phenomenon: assigned pooling is a special dyeing technique where parts of the yarn are dyed in a contrasting color. While you knit, you switch stitches as soon as you reach that colored section. This naturally creates a pattern or texture in your work.

In the case of Strawberry, something magical happens:

• The long stitches in deep red, fuchsia and creamy white become the strawberry itself.
• And as soon as you reach the fresh, cheerful green, you knit the crown of the strawberry.

So slowly but surely a strawberry motif appears in your knitting, without complicated colorwork patterns or counting charts. Simply by following the colors in your skein.

Directional Yarn

Important to know: this yarn is a directional yarn. That means the pattern only works out correctly if you knit in one direction: the red/pink section first and then the green.

Video Tutorial

Because assigned pooling works a bit differently than plain or variegated yarn, I've made a YouTube video where I show step by step how to work with this yarn. You'll find the link with the product in the webshop and via my social media.

Why Strawberry?

The color choice was a no-brainer. I wanted something cheerful, summery and recognizable. Strawberries remind me of bare feet in the grass, picnics in the park and the scent of sun on your skin. I wanted to capture that atmosphere in a skein of yarn and I believe I've succeeded.

Availability

Strawberry is now available in the webshop, in limited edition. Because this is my very first assigned pooling color, I've made a small batch to test and see what you think.

I can't wait to see what you make with it! Please share your projects via Instagram with #AardbeiGaren, I'll be following everything!

Love,
Sophie