Isn’t this Nevermore Girls yarn cake absolutely stunning? I’m a huge fan of Wednesday and Enid, and after watching season 2, so many ideas started flowing. A yarn cake with a color gradient from black and white to vibrant colors and back again—it sounded amazing. But it was quite a challenge. Where exactly should the “breaking point” be for switching yarn? And to make things even trickier: for Enid, I wanted to use six colors instead of the usual four… and switch every 125 meters. Quite the adventure—are you reading along?
I’ve been a longtime fan of Wednesday, no matter which movie or series she appeared in. She has always been my favorite character from the Addams Family. Creating a yarn cake as an ode to Wednesday had therefore been high on my list. But with the arrival of Enid in the newest Wednesday series, it was no longer just about Wednesday’s black-and-white world. Enid brings color—lots of it. From green to pink, yellow, and blue. Purple, white, orange… is there any color she hasn’t worn in her hair? The real challenge was to design a gradient yarn cake that would appeal to both Wednesday fans and Enid fans, while keeping the yarn length perfectly balanced between the two characters.
A 1000-meter yarn cake divided into… well, four sections would have been the easiest. But then you’d only have Wednesday twice and Enid twice. Boring!
Time for a new plan: more color changes—eight in total.
This meant switching characters every 125 meters. While Wednesday’s colors were always twisted together with black, white, light gray, and dark gray, Enid’s palette needed to be much more playful—just as colorful as Enid herself. A true color gradient was essential for her sections. Normally, I work with a small list of lengths indicating when to change colors. For Enid’s color transitions, however, it turned into a full color chart showing exactly which shade to switch and when. Since I only have one cone of each yarn color, I couldn’t spin two identical colors at the same time. So it had to be done alternately.
A color chart it is.
The color scheme was ready and laid out in front of me. Normally, I can spin dozens of meters before needing to switch colors—but that only applied to Wednesday’s sections. Four colors twisted together for 125 meters straight. Then came Enid’s color chart: 10 meters of this, 22 meters of that, 18 meters of another… Where it usually takes me about an hour to hand-wind a 1000-meter yarn cake, the first Nevermore Girls yarn cake took a full hour and a half. My yarn cones were all over the place, and during the first two Enid rounds within that 125-meter section, I struggled to find my rhythm. After that, things went more smoothly by immediately repositioning the cones behind the next color-change cone after winding. That definitely sped things up.
But honestly—the result speaks for itself. A gorgeous gradient yarn cake with eight color changes: four Wednesday sections and four Enid sections. And within each Enid segment, there are additional color transitions. Isn’t it amazing? Truly a beautiful yarn cake, if I may say so.
Soon, a stunning crochet scarf made with this yarn cake will be released. Curious? Be sure to check back here soon. Want to start right away? Take a look at the Nevermore Girls yarn cake and begin your own project. The yarn cake is available in 500 meters and 1000 meters.
Love,
Adinda
