This project has been MONTHS in the making.  I remember when the mama who wanted these first PM’d me (I know her from a message board I frequent) asking if I would be interested in a) knitting her some shorties to match the Rainbow Shine diaper and b) willing to do it for Rainbow Shine yarn of my own.  Uhm.  YES!  She didn’t even have to ask!  Another mama on our board is also a proficient dyer of yarn (she has dyed the yarn for several of my projects thus far) and agreed to dye this yarn for us.  There were many details to work out and we went back and forth on whether to do the yarn in stripes to more accurately reflect the fabric or not.

In the end, we went with the stripes for the custom shorties and I went with varigated yarn just to see what it would be like.  I still haven’t had a chance to work with my varigated yarn, but the stripes?  Were a success:

Rainbow Shine shorties - w/fabric

Rainbow Shine shorties - back

It was a lot of stripes.  And a lot of ends to weave in when it was all said and done!  The trim was a solid lavender and the stripes were two-toned colors to match the stripes in the fabric.  The “white” was simply undyed yarn.  The yarn base was Cestari Superfine which is always a pleasure to deal with and I know will hold up great for the mama who requested these amazing capris.  They were going to be shorts initially, but she asked if I could make them a hair longer and have them be capris.  No problem!  I was actually having a good time refining my striping technique.

Rainbow Shine shorties - detail w/fabric

Rainbow Shine shorties - cuff detail

Rainbow Shine shorties - folded

I have a few more customs I need to catch up on soon, which I will get to, I promise!  I’ve just been so busy knitting that sometimes it’s hard to take the time out to come post these creations!  I hope to get caught up and work on a few other kinds of posts as well.  I’ll get to it… eventually!