Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Yarn Chicken

I wish I could show off a finished sweater. Alas, with three stripes left to go, I've made the classic rookie mistake and run out of yarn. (Note: It doesn't matter how long you've been knitting, sometime when you play yarn chicken, you crash and burn.) 

When I bought the yarn I hadn't planned to make any modifications. But when knitting, I thought I'd extend the sleeves to full length rather than three quarter.

Thanks to ravelry, I was able to get another skein out of someone's destash. It isn't the same dye lot, but I've noticed that Brooklyn Tweed does a pretty good job blending their yarns. Like Cascade, it seems to be pretty consistent between skeins.

Hopefully I'll be done with this sweater (Pente) soon!

3 comments :

Pumpkin said...

Yes, we all lose sometimes! Good improvisation, can't wait to see it finished.

Maryse said...

I glad that it will work out in the end! It looks pretty so far!

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad this post ended with you finding another skein! I guess with BT you at least know the colourways are out there, but still, waiting to finish is annoying!

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