Friday, July 2, 2010

When self striping yarn goes horribly, horribly wrong...

I saw a lovely and simple pattern in Interweave Crochet called the Marilyn Twinset. I thought it was pretty, but I couldn't really see myself in a fuzzy, pale pink mohair cardigan. (not really a stay at home mother sort of look, unless you're June Cleaver...) Funky, earthy, colorful, is more to my liking, so I chose to use this Noro Kureyon Sock. Well, I got halfway through the body of the cardigan and... eeep! I knew that the stripes weren't going to line up , but oh my goodness, one side is very dark and the other is very light. What can I do? I will continue to work on the issue; I am reluctant just to frog the whole thing, though it may come to that.

2 comments:

  1. If it's the same yarn for the back and the front, why is it coming out dark on one side? I don't understand that....is it from two different skeins of yarn? maybe from a different dyelot...hmmmm...

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  2. I think it is the nature of the yarn, it's, um "quirky"-- it has very long color runs so it self-stripes. Same dye lot. The sweater is worked in one piece from the top down in a stacked shell pattern, so it is just the way the yarn is made.

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