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Arg. Frustration.

02/21/08

Permalink 03:47:40 pm, by admin Email , 106 words, 46 views   English (US)
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Arg. Frustration.

I love Elann's Naturelle 8/8 cotton yarn. I truly do. But. It comes on cones. This leads to a few problems.

One, balling off yarn so I can knit two sleeves at the same time...only to come up 3 1/2 rows short for the sleeve. Darn it.

Two, biasing! I am knitting back and forth, which usually helps prevent biasing, and I very carefully set the drop shoulder seam in place. Yet when I seamed the sleeves, the yarn was off kilter and my seam has little...bubbles around the arm. Fantastic.

Three, it's hard to estimate yardage with coned yarn. Do I have enough for the hood?

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