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Wool "mini-skeins"
Hi everyone!
Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in size. Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored, all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions! Thanks! Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net |
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Oh I bet they are cuteG
I would make hats and or mittens. myswendy wrote: Hi everyone! Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in size. Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored, all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions! Thanks! Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net |
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On Feb 5, 6:21*pm, "DAB" wrote:
Oh I bet they are cuteG I would make hats and or mittens. myswendy wrote: Hi everyone! Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in size. Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored, all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions! Thanks! Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I once recieved a bag with different colored balls , which were also different thickness , i satred knitting a round Yoke , and knitted every colors as a triangle [short rows etc] ,, than i cast on stiches all round for an open front + back and both sleeves ,,, all with out seams ,,, i knitted the collors on a circular needle and used dps as well to group or mix colors ,,, [= at times i worked on one place on a SPOT of one color ,, mirjam Ps you could knit stripes , Domino squares etc.. mirjam |
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On Feb 5, 11:51*am, wrote:
On Feb 5, 6:21*pm, "DAB" wrote: Oh I bet they are cuteG I would make hats and or mittens. myswendy wrote: Hi everyone! Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in size. Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored, all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions! Thanks! Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I once recieved a bag with different colored balls , which were also different thickness , i satred knitting a round Yoke , and knitted every colors as a triangle [short rows etc] ,, than i cast on stiches all round for an open front + back and both sleeves ,,, all with out seams ,,, i knitted the collors on a circular needle and used dps as well to group or mix colors ,,, [= at times i worked on one place on a SPOT of one color ,, mirjam Ps you could knit stripes , Domino squares etc.. mirjam- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yah, they are cute! and seem to be multicolored through their overall dark tones with purples and blues. Great ideas! Thank you! Wendy |
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myswendy wrote: Hi everyone! Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in size. Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored, all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions! Besides all the good ideas posted already, here's an idea: I was reading the collected book of Maine Mittens and she described an almost-lost technique of thickening the inside of mittens by twining pencil roving around the yarn on the inside between every stitch. The roving is about the same thickness as the knitting yarn. This isn't as fluffy as knitting in thrums that have two ends fluffing inside the mitten for every stitch they're in, but it covers the openings of the stitches more evenly. The twined roving shows through on the outside just a little between stitches. They aren't stretchy but they are very warm. The only part that contacts the hand is the roving; the outside yarn is completely separate. One of the women she learned it from always used acrylic for the outside yarn because it was very strong and the wool lining was warm, combining abrasion resistance with warmth. I was thinking that it could be done with nice thick yarn instead of roving, especially if the yarn was really leftovers and didn't lend itself to making pretty patterns. The method does require short pieces rather than a long strand. Another method carries the roving back and forth, weaving between each of the stitches, which doesn't require that the roving (or yarn) be broken, but the coverage pattern is different. =Tamar |
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How about some of these patterns from a contest to make something with 287
yds or less http://simpleknits.blogspot.com:80/2...t-contest.html Edna in Sydney "myswendy" wrote in message ... Hi everyone! Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in size. Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored, all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions! Thanks! Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net |
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Thanks for the ideas! Tamar--I have so much roving in my stash (I
can't help myself-- I love the stuff!) that if my first like that MUST be with my roving or I'll kick myself! LOL! I think I'll check out those hundreds of mini-jobs and find something there to make. Wendy |
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