It's A Great Yarn...For Some Other Pattern

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DelVecchio — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:41:10 GMT

Is there something I'm missing on the instructions for the Vacation Scarf?

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knitting kate — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:17:41 GMT

Oh man, I know just how you feel...sometimes you just have to "knit through the pain" ;)

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SandraM — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:53:19 GMT

Hi Sandi, .....really miss your editorials on Knitting Daily!

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suzzilator16 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:36:32 GMT

really enjoy this article...because, I, too, talk to my yarn...and it talks back. sometimes it is very sassy indeed, and then I have to determine what my response will be...the challenge. I love it.

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BetteN — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:21:31 GMT

Sandy,

One other thing that the swatch doesn't always tell you -- DRAPE. It is just possible, that this structure-less tank does indeed love the yarn you have chosen! When you finish the garment, block it, and then wear it, it is entirely possible that the weight of this slinky, slidey yarn will pull it down so that the width of the stitches are narrowed, and the lovely top clings ever-so-perfectly to the curves of your Very Cute Body. This is only discovered by the intrepid, the fearless, the not-to-be-overwhelmed knitter. YOU. And, I know because I knit a lovely Nora Gaughn top in bamboo (also slinky and ill-behaved) and discovered that the yarn DID want to be a lovely tank, no matter what the gauge said, no matter how wide the body of the garment. It worked! Good luck.

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BetteN — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:21:31 GMT

Sandy,

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MicheleB — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:12:37 GMT

You *are* the boss of your knitting! Me, too. Whip 'em into shape. You go, girl!

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Lirianna — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:45:33 GMT

Wow... that is incredibly beautiful!!! I love that color and it sounds absolutely to-die-for soft!!! Some day I hope to be good enough at knitting to attempt something like this!!!

I would wish you luck but it sounds like you don't need it!! : )

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jean01 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:30:23 GMT

I have a sweater that I've worn a lot this summer . . . that was ripped out twice before I found a suitable stitch for it. It's problems were visual, not structural as with your garment. The point is, though, that sometimes this happens.

Thanks so much for sharing this publicly so that everyone knows that this kind of thing happens to the best of us from time to time.

Hope that the t turns out to be wearable and that you don't end up frogging it. But if you do, that's OK too.

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MaryN@21 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:58:47 GMT

I have the same situation, albeit alpaca/tencel, that I have unravelled 3 previous projects because of the learning curve using this type of yarn to suit the pattern. Unlike many others, I do not see 'ripping' or unravelling and beginning again a 'failure' - or the ' wasted' time initially put into the project. Just like you said, Sandi, we can be a student as well as the Master of the yarn!!! I've adjusted to negative ease, smaller needles and now have this knowledge ready for the next time I use this type of yarn = POWER!!!!!

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LindaH@7 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:45:12 GMT

It sounds to me like it wants to be a tunic to wear over a turtleneck during the fall or winter. Then oversized is a good thing.

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BonnieC@11 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:48:12 GMT

Bring it on, indeed! Good job.

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yarngirl — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:29:51 GMT

Sandi, I'm glad you're not unravelling this top. I think that the very thing that makes this yarn problematic, its softness and flexibility, will also make the top a pleasure to wear. You never know, it may even become a favourite.

I had a similar problem to yours when I began knitting with pure bamboo. It stretches like anything. I made a tank top that really hung on me. So I added rib to the neckline and armholes using considerably smaller needles. This, as you say, gave "fences" to the fabric, and now I'm enjoying my top.

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DebbieR — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:08:34 GMT

Sandy, your top is beautiful and i'm glad you won't be frogging!