Sweater progress
January 3rd, 2010
The body of Thebes sweater is finished and I’ve moved onto the sleeves.
This Malabrigo yarn has been a real bitch. It’s super soft and a joy to knit. But this one dye lot is wildly variegated. The bottom ribbing part of the sweater was knit with two balls. The top part in stockinette was knit with a third ball. It looked like a different color:
I was pretty pissed and put the sweater in time out. Thebes assured me it didn’t bother him and he’d wear the sweater anyway. But I couldn’t let it go. I frogged the stockinette part. Then I did two rows of the more greenish/blueish yarn and then two rows of the blueish/greenish yarn. I went back and forth that way until the top was done.
It looks a lot better but again, what a pain. I’m not sure I’ll work with Malabrigo again. At first I was concerned about the zigzags of color on the main body. When Thebes tried it on it looked fine so I’m leaving it as is.
I bought ten bags of this colorway and about half are a different color than the other. And yet I’ve triple checked and they’re all the same dye lot. Gah!?!
I’m working the sleeves in the same fashion. So far they’re turning out fine.
2 Comments Add your own
1. Abbey | January 3rd, 2010 at 4:20 pm
I think it looks FAB! Quite worth the effort you put in! Daniel of course would love the acid trippiness of the varigation, looks like a subtle tye dye!!! Can’t wait to see it on Thebes! xoxo
2. Twilight | January 3rd, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Thanks! I’m much happier with it now. We’ll have a pic of our men in their Hudsons one day.
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