Today's denim baby jeans report

Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:

My daughter (she is 21, BTW, and home working to save up enough money to
go back to college) finished her scarf and likes it. I tried to ask as
subtly as possible if she would be interested in a different project to
work on to have a completed item when she was done instead of just the
same yarn that she keep unraveling and re-knitting, and WHOOHOO! after
reviewing the various types of relatively easy things to knit, she wants
to do a poncho! So after reviewing the various types of ponchos and
different construction methods, she has selected the Mitered Men's
Poncho that will have the extra length she will need for it to cover her
arms:

(http://cache.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/p...poncho&x=0&y=0)

or http://tinyurl.com/yt4m5d if you do TinyURL

and, true to my predilection for never following anything perfectly in
order to have something perfect, we are not doing the tricolor stripe
pattern of this but are doing more of a border stripe pattern instead in
chenille yarn, because this pattern is supposed to be done in Lion
Homespun but she doesn't like Lion Homespun. (Fret not, ye of little
faith -- I have done enough sewing and am good enough at math that I can
figure out how to convert this to a chenille yarn and figure out how to
get enough, and this is exactly the style she wants with the miters.)
Smileys Yarns has Lion Chenille yarn, too, so this will be an affordable
project.

Uh, Lion Chenille is a double PITA to knit with. Just so you know this
going into it. It has no stretch and is just really a pain...

sue

Murielle wrote:
"Olwyn Mary" wrote in message
.. .
Oh, please, please, do be careful with the chenille or boucle yarn. We
have had so many reports on this board about both of those being either
very difficult to knit with, or (particularly the chenille) about the yarn
coming apart while working with it.

Please just buy one skein of each and knit a sizeable swatch before you
invest in enough to make a poncho or shawl.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Oh, great! Thank you! (How are you feeling?)

I'm not sure I can get those yarns anyway. It's the style I like so,
knowing me, I'll end up picking up something locally then buy to much of it
and drive myself nuts for a while but be happy enough when it's finished.
(It's a patter, what can I say?) ;-))

Thanks for the heads-up, though. Don't want to fight with yarn. I'd lose.

Murielle

Actually, I'd choose the Homespun knit on larger needles (like 11s, even
10.5s) over the chenille any day. Despite what the label and patterns
recommend, homespun behaves better with the bigger needles.

sue

suzee wrote:

Uh, Lion Chenille is a double PITA to knit with. Just so you know this
going into it. It has no stretch and is just really a pain...

I see. Well, her scarf was made with Lion Incredible, which doesn't
have a whole bunch of stretch, either, but I will let her know and see
if she can make a different selection (given her penchant for changing
horses midstream, I'm not likely to spend a TON of money on this when it
may well be left unfinished...). Thanks for the heads-up.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:24:30 -0700, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to
reply wrote:

suzee wrote:

Uh, Lion Chenille is a double PITA to knit with. Just so you know this
going into it. It has no stretch and is just really a pain...

I see. Well, her scarf was made with Lion Incredible, which doesn't
have a whole bunch of stretch, either, but I will let her know and see
if she can make a different selection (given her penchant for changing
horses midstream, I'm not likely to spend a TON of money on this when it
may well be left unfinished...). Thanks for the heads-up.

I used a chenille (Paton's Bohemian) for a scarf and it wasn't too bad
to work with. Shed a bit. Dyed my needles pink (it was burgundy and
I was using plastic needles.)

Alison

original messages snipped to make shorter

You ladies are both braver than I am... boucle' and chenille! I hate
knitting with either of those... don't like fighting the worming that
happens. Besides that, one Christmas (totally without talking to each other
about it... this happened from time to time) my sisters and I gave my Mom
chenille sweaters so she ended up with three of them. It didn't take too
many launderings before there were gaps in the sweaters. So sad, because
they were all really beautiful sweaters.

Ah well, the yarn obviously works for a lot of people otherwise it would be
taken off the market by now. Good luck with your projects, and I look
forward to seeing pictures on your blog/photo albums when you're finished.
)

*hugs*
Gemini

"Murielle" wrote in message
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Oh, I really, really like the "Fur Trimmed" Boucle` Poncho!

Murielle

"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote
in
(http://cache.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/p...poncho&x=0&y=0)

or http://tinyurl.com/yt4m5d if you do TinyURL

and, true to my predilection for never following anything perfectly in
order to have something perfect, we are not doing the tricolor stripe
pattern of this but are doing more of a border stripe pattern instead in
chenille yarn, because this pattern is supposed to be done in Lion
Homespun but she doesn't like Lion Homespun. (Fret not, ye of little
faith -- I have done enough sewing and am good enough at math that I can
figure out how to convert this to a chenille yarn and figure out how to
get enough, and this is exactly the style she wants with the miters.)
Smileys Yarns has Lion Chenille yarn, too, so this will be an affordable
project.

"Alison" wrote in message
...

I used a chenille (Paton's Bohemian) for a scarf and it wasn't too bad
to work with. Shed a bit. Dyed my needles pink (it was burgundy and
I was using plastic needles.)

Alison

Did the dye end up staining your neck too then?

*hugs*
Gemini

Alison wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:24:30 -0700, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to
reply wrote:

suzee wrote:
Uh, Lion Chenille is a double PITA to knit with. Just so you know this
going into it. It has no stretch and is just really a pain...
I see. Well, her scarf was made with Lion Incredible, which doesn't
have a whole bunch of stretch, either, but I will let her know and see
if she can make a different selection (given her penchant for changing
horses midstream, I'm not likely to spend a TON of money on this when it
may well be left unfinished...). Thanks for the heads-up.

I used a chenille (Paton's Bohemian) for a scarf and it wasn't too bad
to work with. Shed a bit. Dyed my needles pink (it was burgundy and
I was using plastic needles.)

Other brands of chenille aren't so bad, it's Lion that's difficult.

sue

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suzee wrote:
Murielle wrote:
"Olwyn Mary" wrote

Oh, please, please, do be careful with the chenille or boucle yarn. We
have had so many reports on this board about both of those being either
very difficult to knit with, or (particularly the chenille) about the yarn
coming apart while working with it.

Please just buy one skein of each and knit a sizeable swatch before you
invest in enough to make a poncho or shawl.

Oh, great! Thank you! (How are you feeling?)

I'm not sure I can get those yarns anyway. It's the style I like so,
knowing me, I'll end up picking up something locally then buy to much of it
and drive myself nuts for a while but be happy enough when it's finished.
(It's a patter, what can I say?) ;-))

Thanks for the heads-up, though. Don't want to fight with yarn. I'd lose.

Actually, I'd choose the Homespun knit on larger needles (like 11s, even
10.5s) over the chenille any day. Despite what the label and patterns
recommend, homespun behaves better with the bigger needles.

Or look at stitch dictionaries for a "loop stitch" pattern - you can
get a big boucle effect with a plain yarn.

=Tamar

Not Likely wrote:

You ladies are both braver than I am... boucle' and chenille!

uh, more ignorant than brave. I am rethinking this with this daughter
after hearing that it is not a particularly friendly yarn to work with.


--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

*making note of this*

suzee wrote:

Other brands of chenille aren't so bad, it's Lion that's difficult.


--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.