Haven't gotten back to quilting on the Venetian Tiles top yet, diversions including a weekend of multiple motorcycle races to watch, but I was still making progress on the crochet cardigan. I bought this as a kit which included 4 skeins of yarn, so when I finished up the first skein before I thought I was half way up the back panel, it worried me. Roughly, I figured two skeins for the back, and one for each front panel, with enough left for the cap sleeves. Will I really have enough? I figured out I'd be making 15 repeats of 4 rows (or less if I wanted to make it shorter), so counting and holding my breath. It was a bit of a relief when I paused to spread this out to measure it and see that the remaining few repeats left would bring it up to length and I should make it on that second skein of yarn.
Still feeling iffy about this yarn. Yes, very drapey, but crocheted up, it's making a fabric that is quite weighty. I can only hope that the finished cardigan hangs the way I anticipated from looking at the picture. I so want to be done with it and get back to working with regular wool and alpaca blend yarns.
2 comments:
Your crochet work is very impressive--it's going to be so cozy to wear! Our weather continues to be all over the thermometer! Springtime in the Rockies, right? Jan in WY
Right Jan! I think of all those weekend fishing trips my dad took us on across the border into Montana as soon as fishing season opened. We never knew whether it would be baking hot, freezing cold, or soaking wet. One July 4th snow even fluttered down! As for the crochet, I do love how easy it is to create a lacy look and I'm really loving the look of this one.
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