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I have been somewhat lacking in what the french call va-va-voom since finishing the Tru Wuv Shawl: I have been merely doing pootling knitting - lesiurely, straightforward, no complexities, 18 row pattern repeat ... Mini Diva's retro/vintage cricket sweater:
Front and back complete, no errors ... I decided to knit the sleeves TAAT (Two At A Time) as usual - it seems a bit of a drag, but not half so much as having to make one followed by the other:
Again - nice and straightforward, increases every 6 rows, no issues.
However.
Let us zoom out a bit:
I have 3 more repeats to do, or another 8 1/2 inches before getting to the top of the sleeves, plus the border of the rather deep V-neck. And that is the last unused ball of yarn.
One of the problems with using retro/vintage/just plain old patterns is many of them don't list the yardage of the recommended yarn, and one can't find any information on it - this pattern was for Wendy Pure Wool 25g. and needed 16 balls/400g for the size I'm making (or Wendy Courtellon Double Knit 20g, using 23 balls). I had bought 10 balls(500g) of Drops Cotton Merino with a total of 1198m/1310yds and thought that would be enough.
My unwillingness to live the adventurous life on the raggedy edge increases weekly, if not daily, I'm sure. I've ordered another 2 balls.
Go see how other people don't run out over at Life and Yarn ...
Beautiful cables!
ReplyDeleteI haven't picked up my needles at all in the last couple of weeks, so you're doing better than me :/ I still have to finish my Esme sleeves and do the collar as well. I shall try and do some tonight. I've ordered some cheap Sublime baby cashmere merino silk for the Japanese shawl so I can get the meterage and make all the mistakes before committing to that lush long colour change yarn :D
ReplyDeleteAll those cables! Love the way they look...don't love making them.....
ReplyDeleteGood thing I didn't post about running out of yarn on the cowl I was making! Ripped the whole thing out. Argh!
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