I didn't have enough fingering yarn and I'm on a yarn diet so thought I would combine two lace weight yarns to make a fingering weight that the Thorn pattern calls for. Apple green bamboo and dark green merino, both from Habu. Nice yarns, but I don't think they're working well together to show off the pattern:
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I can see the huge hole from doing the M1 incorrectly the first couple times. The yarn is so fine that tinking back isn't fun. |
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This is the completed A2 section. Can you tell that there's a twisted purl stitch that is making a raised ribbing?It's totally lost in the marling of the two colors. |
I haven't frogged it yet. Thought I'd get a vote from you all. What do you think? Do the colors work well? Does it look fine, I just need to go back and fix the mistakes? Does it need different yarn? What?
We have 12th Night this weekend and I had hoped to bring it along as a project to work on during court. We have wifi in the room, so I'm going to bring my laptop. I'll bring along Thorn and if everyone thinks the colors work. I can always frog and start over Saturday. Let me know please, I really need an outside opinion. Brandon won't like it because of the two colors and the asymmetrical pattern, so he'll be no help at all. ;-)
I think it needs different yarn. These colors are too busy together; I can't see what's going on with the stitches. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michele! Don't be sorry, I was asking for the feedback. :-) I pulled out from my stash a handspun yarn. It may be a little light, so I also grabbed my US3 needles to bring with me. The handspun is a Stitchjones one time colorway I think - Portland Punch (You can see it in my stash on Ravelry). I have two skeins so should have more than enough to make Thorn.
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