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I could have done one more repeat, and I didn’t break the yarn yet in order to leave that as an option, but I just so much wanted to be done with the project and it seemed like it had already gotten to a good length for what I was looking for…
…Which of course (adding a little water to it) it hadn’t. Lying down, anyway. But in the circular-shawl version of “swatches lie,” as soon as I pick it up the weight of the wool will add the inches back on that I was expecting.
Two strands of Tess Designer Yarns laceweight, for two reasons: I wanted the raspberry/peach combination to melt into itself, which it did, by combining two in the same dyelot, and frankly because I just didn’t feel like knitting that fine and fragile a yarn by itself on the tiny needles it would require. I had two thousand yards of the stuff in my stash. I liked that colorway. (I mean, I really like that colorway!) I wanted semi-instant gratification.
Melinda, you do nice work!
(And now I’m test-knitting draft two in a pattern of…Â On to the next…!)
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LOL! Only you could say that doubling laceweight yarn is “semi-instant gratification”!
Comment by Renee 08.20.10 @ 11:28 pmHard to tell from the photo but it must be beautiful if the yarn came from “Tess”. At your recommendation, I went to her shop in Portland and all the yarn (and I mean everything) is absolutely gorgeous.
Comment by Joansie 08.21.10 @ 4:04 amAnd then? We are left hanging. LOL
Comment by Sherry in Idaho 08.21.10 @ 8:16 amI hear you! I love knitting with lacweight, actually, but for personal use… Well, you have a good idea about the size of Sissy’s paws, nails, etc.
Comment by Channon 08.21.10 @ 8:57 amI’m swatching for a sweater, and the yarn is telling me it needs to be knit at an even finer gauge. Waaaaaah, but I wanted to use 6s! Guess it will just be a very long knit . . .
Comment by Lanafactrix 08.21.10 @ 10:01 amSwatches lie? Oh yeah, you know it. but the yarn is soooooo pretty.
Comment by Carol 08.21.10 @ 9:56 pmDecisions, decisions… I finished a project, yesterday, because I was running out of yarn. I hope the blocking gives the project more lenght. Otherwise, I need to find a short person to give it too! hihihi
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