Things were going pretty well - I got gauge with my yarn substitution and was liking the fabric. But as I got close to finishing the back, I realized that the fabric I was creating really had too much drape for this design and it wasn't going to hang the way the original did.
So now it looks like this:
I'm starting to think this yarn is a little doomed. This was my third try with it. I originally bought it to make Chicago, but when I did my gauge swatch I just wasn't digging the fabric. And you already know about my recent attempt at Lou, and now this one. I feel a certain pressure to make just the right sweater with this yarn, because it is my favorite color and one of my all-time favorite yarns, which has now been discontinued. So I may revisit the Chicago sweater - there are so many lovely versions on Ravelry.
And I'm hoping I'll eventually do the Pip sweater, because I think it's such a great design. The yarn it calls for, Rowan Handknit Cotton, is one I've used before and liked, so I'll go that route in future. I should have known to trust Kim!
Meanwhile, I've turned my knitting attention elsewhere . . .
Oh no! What a pain, I hate it when that happens.
ReplyDeleteI just got the new KH book yesterday and want to make almost everything in it! I think I'm going to start with Edgy, and your yarn is the exact colour I want!
I think we each have at least one skein of doomed yarn, I know I definitely feel your pain! Chicago is such a cute pattern, I would love seeing your version of it! I'm just as excited to see your next knitting project though!
ReplyDeleteI bet we all have some "doomed" yarn in our stash (that gets re-stashed and re-stashed). I just know that those little beauties will find the perfect pattern one day ~ perhaps you'll have to design that pattern yourself!
ReplyDelete:( Well, it will get used someday in a project that is just right. Yarn keeps!
ReplyDeleteDon't give up on the yarn ! You just haven't found the right patten yet.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I like so much about knitting is that it is so easy to rip something out and if I don't like what's happening with a pattern I still have usable yarn.
Wow...that sucks!! I hope fourth time's a charm...
ReplyDeletewhat a bummer! i suppose the nice thing about knitting is that you can take it apart and still use the yarn, as opposed to sewing where a wadder is generally doomed... hope you find the right pattern!
ReplyDeleteAw, shucks but a greater pattern is meant for this yarn! See ya tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteWhat a bummer. Still - it feels so good to rip it when it isn't working. At least you still have a chance to enjoy the yarn .. thought about making something up yourself? You'd have a good feel for the drape/gauge etc now .... it might be telling you what it wants to be?
ReplyDeleteI know the "not quite right" knitting project situation well. Right now, for instance, I have a half-done Calmer pullover waiting to be frogged because it's not doing anything for the yarn - and it's the second go-around for this yarn, too. Then there's the FOURTH iteration for some black-and-grey Rowan Plaid. This yarn has twice made it as far as 3/4 done (a couple times I gave up sooner) until I accepted that the project was just boring and would never be worn. And I know and love Plaid, having made a successful garment, no delays or false steps, the first time I worked with it. But this batch is somehow jinxed. Go figure!
ReplyDelete-- stashdragon
Aww I'm sure you'll get it perfect next time! Good point about drape though. I want to make this drapey long cardigan:http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/new-york-cardigan and at first I thought "oh I can sub in pure wool, it'll be cheaper". But now I'm thinking it won't have the elegant drape and softness if I do that. On the right track?
ReplyDeleteAnyway I admire your frogging courage. I don't know if I could do that!
Oh, boo! But you're wise to not keep forging on with a project you're not liking-- it would be so much worse to frog a finished project! I hope you find a good pattern for that yarn soon. It's so pretty!
ReplyDeleteSounding a little English again there with your title! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean about the yarn pressure. I have the same thing with my cursed Habu N-80 which I just frogged out of my Obsidian last week. (I am going to try again with an Organic by ANKESTRICK).
Surely we will find just the right fit one day...?