help needed to use this stash yarn!
How many times have you knit and frogged the same yarn? I think with this particular yarn I'm going on five. The first was actually knit into a sweater for DH, but it never looked good on him (bad choice of pattern for the yarn--big surprise!), so I frogged it and have been trying to match it to a pattern for me ever since.
The yarn: Super 8 cotton yarn. It's kind of a light worsted, heavy DK. I like the fabric when knit with size 6. Mercerized. Slate blue color.
I've tried CeCe from chicknits, Shapely Tank from White Lies, Cabin Fever's Braids Cardigan, the original pattern (basketweave pullover from IK), and one other that I can 't remember.
I really need some suggestions! So far, nothing I've started looks good with this particular yarn. I'm at a loss. I wonder if it's the color (not really my favorite, but I think it could work), texture (I usually knit wool for myself) or what.
On the plus side, I finished a pair of black fingerless gloves for DS, the budding rock star. I get the heeby jeebies when I look at him wearing them in the summer, but hey, he's the one who has to deal with gloves in the heat!
Off to continue with some socks for DH (or me if they don't fit him!). Hope someone here has a suggestion or two for the cotton yarn above!
The yarn: Super 8 cotton yarn. It's kind of a light worsted, heavy DK. I like the fabric when knit with size 6. Mercerized. Slate blue color.
I've tried CeCe from chicknits, Shapely Tank from White Lies, Cabin Fever's Braids Cardigan, the original pattern (basketweave pullover from IK), and one other that I can 't remember.
I really need some suggestions! So far, nothing I've started looks good with this particular yarn. I'm at a loss. I wonder if it's the color (not really my favorite, but I think it could work), texture (I usually knit wool for myself) or what.
On the plus side, I finished a pair of black fingerless gloves for DS, the budding rock star. I get the heeby jeebies when I look at him wearing them in the summer, but hey, he's the one who has to deal with gloves in the heat!
Off to continue with some socks for DH (or me if they don't fit him!). Hope someone here has a suggestion or two for the cotton yarn above!
posted by pieheart at 2:07 PM
6 Comments:
Perhaps Green Gable from Zephyr Style? Or maybe a beautiful piece for a little girl?
I've never actually frogged anything more than once. My patience is shorter than my attention span.
If you have small folks around, Debbie Bliss has tempting pattern books for children's wear in cotton.
How about sitcome chic in knitty? Or Soleil in Magknits? It sounds like it needs to be mostly stockinette stitch.
I was going to suggest Green Gable. I'm doing mine on a US6 and did some stitchesperinch math to adjust the counts for guage. I also subbed a yarn. you can see some pics on my blog or the green gable KAL blog.
I started Soleil, on the second lace pattern. So far, so good, I like it. I am not familiar with Green Gable, I'm going to check it out. Okay, I don't have any more cotton yarn for a summer top, but there's always next year! Maybe I'll go to knittyboard and swap some wool for cotton. Is that allowed with SOSKAL? I'm not actually "buying"!
How about the Chickami or the Ribby Shell at Chic Knits? Or even a summer bucket hat?
http://www.chicknits.com/infopdf.shtml
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