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AAAaaaaa!!!!.. I'm a few yards short on yarn to finish...
I was making a cardigan for my daughter. All is done except button/
buttonhole band (one piece around the neck) and I'm out of yarn! It was a bag of yarn from ebay, so no way I can find this exactly thing even partial skein (or is there hope?). My calculation was tight but optimistic, too optimistic... Somehow I lost track of number of skeins in the middle because we were moving. Now I turned over all the boxed yarn again and again. Seems like it WAS the last skein. What are the suggestions please? It's made in one color, cuffs, bottom and band should be done in 1x1 rib knit. So far I came up with two possibilities: 1.I may add something completely different for the band and then do some simple embroidery thread along the rib knits. Hmmm... will probably look like I ran out of yarn at the end... 2. I may cut yarn somewhere at the end of the cuffs/bottom rib knit, pull out yarn from couple of rows of each, making them shorter, graft what's left and use pulled out yarn to finish the band. That leaves me with single color and same yarn all over, although band will be made with knots/joins (may be not the best place to join yarn a few times...), and technically challenging. Any other ideas???? Yulia on the edge of despair... |
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AAAaaaaa!!!!.. I'm a few yards short on yarn to finish...
I am not a knitter.. and so I may not have a good idea at all.. but if it is
long sleeved.. could you make it short sleeved and have enough yarn to finish the project? Or even make it 3/4 sleeves? -- ~ Cheryl "YW" wrote in message ... I was making a cardigan for my daughter. All is done except button/ buttonhole band (one piece around the neck) and I'm out of yarn! It was a bag of yarn from ebay, so no way I can find this exactly thing even partial skein (or is there hope?). My calculation was tight but optimistic, too optimistic... Somehow I lost track of number of skeins in the middle because we were moving. Now I turned over all the boxed yarn again and again. Seems like it WAS the last skein. What are the suggestions please? It's made in one color, cuffs, bottom and band should be done in 1x1 rib knit. So far I came up with two possibilities: 1.I may add something completely different for the band and then do some simple embroidery thread along the rib knits. Hmmm... will probably look like I ran out of yarn at the end... 2. I may cut yarn somewhere at the end of the cuffs/bottom rib knit, pull out yarn from couple of rows of each, making them shorter, graft what's left and use pulled out yarn to finish the band. That leaves me with single color and same yarn all over, although band will be made with knots/joins (may be not the best place to join yarn a few times...), and technically challenging. Any other ideas???? Yulia on the edge of despair... |
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AAAaaaaa!!!!.. I'm a few yards short on yarn to finish...
On Nov 2, 2:28*pm, "Cheryl" wrote:
I am not a knitter.. and so I may not have a good idea at all.. but if it is long sleeved.. could you make it short sleeved and have enough yarn to finish the project? Or even make it 3/4 sleeves? -- Thanks Cheryl, it is 3/4 sleeve and it doesn't make sense to make sleeves shorter: it's supposed to be warm cardigan.... |
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AAAaaaaa!!!!.. I'm a few yards short on yarn to finish...
YW wrote:
it is 3/4 sleeve and it doesn't make sense to make sleeves shorter: it's supposed to be warm cardigan.... Pull out cuffs and make contrast collar (button band)and cuffs. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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AAAaaaaa!!!!.. I'm a few yards short on yarn to finish...
"Olwyn Mary" wrote in message ... YW wrote: it is 3/4 sleeve and it doesn't make sense to make sleeves shorter: it's supposed to be warm cardigan.... Pull out cuffs and make contrast collar (button band)and cuffs. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** Depending on the style, if it's plain I would probably buy a matching tweedy yarn and do the cuffs, bottom band and button band in the tweed. Then you could make patches for the elbows and pockets in the tweed to pull it all together. You could even add a collar in the tweed. Ask me how I know that works? I'm sure you can figure out that I've had the same problem in the past and that's how I solved it. Lucille |
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AAAaaaaa!!!!.. I'm a few yards short on yarn to finish...
Don't look at it as a problem. Look at it as a creative opportunity.
Arlene YW wrote: I was making a cardigan for my daughter. All is done except button/ buttonhole band (one piece around the neck) and I'm out of yarn! It was a bag of yarn from ebay, so no way I can find this exactly thing even partial skein (or is there hope?). My calculation was tight but optimistic, too optimistic... Somehow I lost track of number of skeins in the middle because we were moving. Now I turned over all the boxed yarn again and again. Seems like it WAS the last skein. What are the suggestions please? It's made in one color, cuffs, bottom and band should be done in 1x1 rib knit. So far I came up with two possibilities: 1.I may add something completely different for the band and then do some simple embroidery thread along the rib knits. Hmmm... will probably look like I ran out of yarn at the end... 2. I may cut yarn somewhere at the end of the cuffs/bottom rib knit, pull out yarn from couple of rows of each, making them shorter, graft what's left and use pulled out yarn to finish the band. That leaves me with single color and same yarn all over, although band will be made with knots/joins (may be not the best place to join yarn a few times...), and technically challenging. Any other ideas???? Yulia on the edge of despair... |
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AAAaaaaa!!!!.. I'm a few yards short on yarn to finish...
I often use a contrast FANCY yarn on my GD cardigans, scarves, or whatever.
I used a contrast on GS's jacket once and knitted a little car in the same yarn, sewed it on the front...very cute. Edna in Sydney "YW" wrote in message ... I was making a cardigan for my daughter. All is done except button/ buttonhole band (one piece around the neck) and I'm out of yarn! It was a bag of yarn from ebay, so no way I can find this exactly thing even partial skein (or is there hope?). My calculation was tight but optimistic, too optimistic... Somehow I lost track of number of skeins in the middle because we were moving. Now I turned over all the boxed yarn again and again. Seems like it WAS the last skein. What are the suggestions please? It's made in one color, cuffs, bottom and band should be done in 1x1 rib knit. So far I came up with two possibilities: 1.I may add something completely different for the band and then do some simple embroidery thread along the rib knits. Hmmm... will probably look like I ran out of yarn at the end... 2. I may cut yarn somewhere at the end of the cuffs/bottom rib knit, pull out yarn from couple of rows of each, making them shorter, graft what's left and use pulled out yarn to finish the band. That leaves me with single color and same yarn all over, although band will be made with knots/joins (may be not the best place to join yarn a few times...), and technically challenging. Any other ideas???? Yulia on the edge of despair... |
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AAAaaaaa!!!!.. I'm a few yards short on yarn to finish...
YULIA
If you look in the mags now it is very Contemporary to have 2 different colored sleeves ,,, but i understand you don`t like it this idea ,,, If have you knitted it from the bottom up i would advice unraveling a bit of the top ,,, add another color and knit 2 rows of the new color after one row of the original color ,, if it is a Raglan , do it in the round !!!! than do the same for the Sleeve ribbed end !!! If you knitted top down you can make same idea at the bottom of the sweater ,, best of luck NOW you are using your creativity !!!! mirjam |
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AAAaaaaa!!!!.. I'm a few yards short on yarn to finish...
Oh I feel your pain! What if you skipped the button band altogether and
inserted a zipper? Or knit a little i-cord and tie it together at the top? Here's one I just completed: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/...102c39.jpg?v=0 LauraJ "YW" wrote in message ... I was making a cardigan for my daughter. All is done except button/ buttonhole band (one piece around the neck) and I'm out of yarn! It was a bag of yarn from ebay, so no way I can find this exactly thing even partial skein (or is there hope?). My calculation was tight but optimistic, too optimistic... Somehow I lost track of number of skeins in the middle because we were moving. Now I turned over all the boxed yarn again and again. Seems like it WAS the last skein. What are the suggestions please? It's made in one color, cuffs, bottom and band should be done in 1x1 rib knit. So far I came up with two possibilities: 1.I may add something completely different for the band and then do some simple embroidery thread along the rib knits. Hmmm... will probably look like I ran out of yarn at the end... 2. I may cut yarn somewhere at the end of the cuffs/bottom rib knit, pull out yarn from couple of rows of each, making them shorter, graft what's left and use pulled out yarn to finish the band. That leaves me with single color and same yarn all over, although band will be made with knots/joins (may be not the best place to join yarn a few times...), and technically challenging. Any other ideas???? Yulia on the edge of despair... |
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