Wonderful Wallaby question

I just picked up the pattern for the "Wonderful Wallaby" pullover. I
have enough Wool-Ease to make a nice red speckled pullover for one of
my neices (the one who really likes "made things").

If I decide that they're not too hard to make, I plan on making one for
myself, too (ha ha ha! I will NEVER finish all my knitting projects--
it's my key to immortality!). Anyway, I'm trying to decide if I want
to do Plymouth Encore (there are a couple colors I really like, plus
the acrylic DOES make it easier to care for, even for a 'grown up' like
me) or if I want to do it in Galway (100% wool).

Any suggestions as to how I can decide which to do? The price
difference between Galway and Encore isn't enough to sway me.

-Amanda
http://www.uberpest.com

Duh!

I have two and a half balls of Fisherman's Wool. Another ball should
be enough for a Wallaby.

Sure, it's a nice warm cream instead of funky colored, but that's okay.

-Amanda
http://www.uberpest.com

Skein it up and dye it before you knit.

On 7 Feb 2005 15:43:57 -0800, "Amanda Tikkanen"
spewed forth :

Duh!

I have two and a half balls of Fisherman's Wool. Another ball should
be enough for a Wallaby.

Sure, it's a nice warm cream instead of funky colored, but that's okay.

-Amanda
http://www.uberpest.com

Amanda Tikkanen wrote:
I just picked up the pattern for the "Wonderful Wallaby" pullover. I
have enough Wool-Ease to make a nice red speckled pullover for one of
my neices (the one who really likes "made things").

If I decide that they're not too hard to make, I plan on making one
for myself, too (ha ha ha! I will NEVER finish all my knitting
projects-- it's my key to immortality!). Anyway, I'm trying to
decide if I want to do Plymouth Encore (there are a couple colors I
really like, plus the acrylic DOES make it easier to care for, even
for a 'grown up' like me) or if I want to do it in Galway (100% wool).

Any suggestions as to how I can decide which to do? The price
difference between Galway and Encore isn't enough to sway me.

They are not hard to make - in fact, I love them. I would go with the
acrylic, simply for ease of care. But the wool feels better. Did that help
at all?? g

Katherine

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:50:21 -0400, "Katherine"
wrote:

Amanda Tikkanen wrote:
I just picked up the pattern for the "Wonderful Wallaby" pullover. I
have enough Wool-Ease to make a nice red speckled pullover for one of
my neices (the one who really likes "made things").

If I decide that they're not too hard to make, I plan on making one
for myself, too (ha ha ha! I will NEVER finish all my knitting
projects-- it's my key to immortality!). Anyway, I'm trying to
decide if I want to do Plymouth Encore (there are a couple colors I
really like, plus the acrylic DOES make it easier to care for, even
for a 'grown up' like me) or if I want to do it in Galway (100% wool).

Any suggestions as to how I can decide which to do? The price
difference between Galway and Encore isn't enough to sway me.

They are not hard to make - in fact, I love them. I would go with the
acrylic, simply for ease of care. But the wool feels better. Did that help
at all?? g

I used the Plymouth Encore to make an afghan (crocheted) for one of my
daughters and I'm not sure I would want it for a sweater. An afghan
for my daughter has to be easy care, because there's no way in the
world she's going to wash it by hand and block it. The afghan was very
nice and soft. However, I suspect that the yarn would have a tendency
to pill, which would be more likely to happen on a sweater. It also
had a very loose twist, which meant that it was easy to split the
stitches.
--
Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it.