Swatches
April 2nd, 2006 at 8:03 pm (lace-sweater)
After a bit of deliberation, a test swatch in one yarn for one pattern, the same pattern, different yarn. I’ve decided to do the cabled sweater in Cascade 220. The color I found was just too amazing to use anything else. I ordered it, but of course it’s on back order! Here is the beginning of a swatch, which while it isn’t very far into it, it was enough to tell me i loved it in this yarn. My st.st. gauge matches what the pattern calls for, so it might even be in the realm of close when I actually make the sweater:
For now I will proceed to working on my lacy sweater from Gathering of Lace (hereafter abbreviated at GoL):
This yarn is wonderful to work with. It’s fingering weight, which means LOTS of stitches to cast on; but it’s wonderful to knit with. the swatch actually has two patterns on it. The bottom few inches has one from a Dale book; I decided that it looked nice, but I wanted to try the other pattern first. That’s on top and if you look closely you can see two sets of cables, one on each side. I really really like how this looks and feels - so this is the clear winner. The other pattern might work for the stashed Rowan yarn I’ve got. If I manage to get this lace sweater done before the cascade shows up and before it gets cold again, I’ll start on that. (now, no fair coming back to me in August and saying, "But you said you’d work on THIS!". I can retract my knitting order at any time. :)
(Oh yes, I also measured my gauge on this one. Sort of. I didn’t wash it. I just smoothed it out over my leg, and guestimated. it’s pretty durned close. It’s a ribbed pattern so there’s a bit of give in the final measurements)
Stay tuned for some riveting shots of my spinning wheel and bobbin tomorrow.
Mom said,
April 6th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
How many did you cast on for the green swatch? I’m wondering if 70 is enough to give me an idea on gauge. The pattern is somewhat hard to see because of the dark green but I get the idea. Pretty. Can’t wait to see how my swatch turns out and if the cables and holes are properly positioned. =)