Working a fade, whether knit or crochet, is not a new trend in the fiber world. Even Find Your Fade, which has inspired many kits over the years is almost 10 years old. In fact, if you’re including gradients in the fade world, the trend has been going on even longer. The point of a fade, however, is to choose your gradient, so for the purposes of this post, I’m not going to include them.

The other advantage of creating and using a fade set (or using one that someone else has put together) is that you have more control over the yarn’s usage. For example, gradient yarns require the least amount of manipulation when used for shawls, cowls, scarves, colorwork yokes – aka anything that doesn’t require the object to be split with stitches on hold for later. Fades, or even gradient mini skein sets, allow you to set some of the colors aside for those held stitches.

All on her own, our child has determined that she loves bold colors. Bonus points if those colors are pink, however as her preferences continue to develop it’s clear that the preference may not last as strongly forever. When I stumbled upon the Opposite of Boredom mini skein pack at Wonderland Yarns, I knew it would be the perfect match for So Faded Pint Sized and an instant favorite once completed.

Then Barbie happened. Now, I’m not saying that Barbie created a moment that made me hate these colors, I’m saying that all of a sudden the Opposite of Boredom color pallet was everywhere and I realized that I didn’t. This pallet went from something “only our daughter would love” to “actually I’d love a sweater out of these colors too”. Plus the pattern was engaging, swapping between colors meant that the body of the sweater had small “goals” to work towards rather than the “just knit to x inches”. The adult version of this sweater wasn’t really on my radar, but now it is.

My only regret with this little sweater is that I didn’t work the pink longer as suggested by the pattern.

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