Yarn: one lighter shade one darker, vintage stash 95/5 silk/lycra, which I bought quite a few colors of when Colourmart had it. Hudson got a thoroughly impractical but gorgeous blanket out of it in neon royal blue when he was born. (And a cuddly Rios one later, which he wadded up and kneaded into his mommy’s side as she held him and then plunged his head into it. Wool for the win.)
In my experience the silk/lycra shrinks a lot in hot water. You do need some heat when washing the mill oils out.
Photo 1: Straight off the needles.
I promise not to spend the next month waiting to run the ends in. That’s the easy part.