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Dec 12, 2014 22:01:23 GMT -5
Post by nightmist on Dec 12, 2014 22:01:23 GMT -5
I usually save the Yule projects that run up quickly for last. I generally have two or three things that I can finish in 3 days or less to work on in December. So right now I have one pair of slippers to knit and a T-shirt to paint, and tonight I was polishing off another pair of slippers. The ones I was finishing off are the "Little Red Riding Slippers from Drops Designs. www.garnstudio.com/lang/us/pattern.php?id=6198&lang=usI have the last "leg" half done, after that it is just assembly. I was planning on having them done tonight. Except a ball of yarn has gone missing. Since I have cats and kids running through the place I have a box that I toss labels into as I go along. So I know for sure I am missing a ball. With the price of the stuff you can bet I am very certain of how much I bought! My best guess is the cats or the kids have run off with it. Screaming red tends to attract both of them, and though they all know my work basket is off limits a ball of red yarn may well have been too big a temptation. I suppose all I can do is keep looking, and proceed to the next project until it turns up. Hopefully when it turns up it will not be a tangled half felted mess. May I repeat? GAH!
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Feb 23, 2015 9:49:10 GMT -5
Post by garrett on Feb 23, 2015 9:49:10 GMT -5
I feel ya night mist..gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! smiles
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Feb 25, 2015 9:57:35 GMT -5
Post by nightmist on Feb 25, 2015 9:57:35 GMT -5
To update...
I never did find that ball of yarn. I wound up scrounging through the yarn bin until I found a some red Artessa (by Sundance yarns) that I had picked up on sale. I started from scratch and worked up the slippers with that. It turned out to be a fortuitous thing as the recipient thanked me for not making them from wool! I wish she had told me that she did not fancy wool BEFORE I spent an ungodly amount of money on the wool of the lost ball! Usually I would have just spun some wool up myself for the project, but I took this as a good opportunity to lay my hands on this particular yarn so I know what I am about when spinning something to use in a pattern that calls for it. It also allowed me to discover that you have to double strand the Artessa to actually use it in a pattern that calls for chunky yarn. The Artessa is one of those situations where WPI (wraps per inch) does not give the true working weight of the yarn. It is a very loose ply of 2 brushed strands and a chainette strand, so it wraps wide when you measure. It is sold as a 5 weight, but works like a light 4. Also after the slippers were worn a few times, the chainette strand started breaking and poking out of the leg section, but not the sole. Go figure. It does make a lovely soft and warm fabric though.
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Feb 25, 2015 16:16:57 GMT -5
Post by garrett on Feb 25, 2015 16:16:57 GMT -5
To update... I never did find that ball of yarn. I wound up scrounging through the yarn bin until I found a some red Artessa (by Sundance yarns) that I had picked up on sale. I started from scratch and worked up the slippers with that. It turned out to be a fortuitous thing as the recipient thanked me for not making them from wool! I wish she had told me that she did not fancy wool BEFORE I spent an ungodly amount of money on the wool of the lost ball! Usually I would have just spun some wool up myself for the project, but I took this as a good opportunity to lay my hands on this particular yarn so I know what I am about when spinning something to use in a pattern that calls for it. It also allowed me to discover that you have to double strand the Artessa to actually use it in a pattern that calls for chunky yarn. The Artessa is one of those situations where WPI (wraps per inch) does not give the true working weight of the yarn. It is a very loose ply of 2 brushed strands and a chainette strand, so it wraps wide when you measure. It is sold as a 5 weight, but works like a light 4. Also after the slippers were worn a few times, the chainette strand started breaking and poking out of the leg section, but not the sole. Go figure. It does make a lovely soft and warm fabric though. thanks fer stopping y rozie. good luck on breeding in resistance. hope to see ya back soon.smiles garrett
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Feb 25, 2015 16:21:13 GMT -5
Post by garrett on Feb 25, 2015 16:21:13 GMT -5
To update... I never did find that ball of yarn. I wound up scrounging through the yarn bin until I found a some red Artessa (by Sundance yarns) that I had picked up on sale. I started from scratch and worked up the slippers with that. It turned out to be a fortuitous thing as the recipient thanked me for not making them from wool! I wish she had told me that she did not fancy wool BEFORE I spent an ungodly amount of money on the wool of the lost ball! Usually I would have just spun some wool up myself for the project, but I took this as a good opportunity to lay my hands on this particular yarn so I know what I am about when spinning something to use in a pattern that calls for it. It also allowed me to discover that you have to double strand the Artessa to actually use it in a pattern that calls for chunky yarn. The Artessa is one of those situations where WPI (wraps per inch) does not give the true working weight of the yarn. It is a very loose ply of 2 brushed strands and a chainette strand, so it wraps wide when you measure. It is sold as a 5 weight, but works like a light 4. Also after the slippers were worn a few times, the chainette strand started breaking and poking out of the leg section, but not the sole. Go figure. It does make a lovely soft and warm fabric though. smiles thanks fer the update nm...smiles
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