Friday, August 7, 2009 at 2:45PM A question of color
My craft enthusiasm plummeted after I finished my mom's fairy quilt. Finishing projects, especially big ones, is pretty anticlimactic for me - I really am a process crafter and get most of my enjoyment out of that, not the finished product. I enjoyed making the fairy quilt so much that I have plans to make one for myself. (It was actually the plan all along - I bought some medium-brown fabric for my fairies' hair, as my fairies will of course be brunettes.) I'm not quite ready to start that - the hot days of August are not a good time to be ironing in the craft room.
I also have no idea what to do about this next project. I finished spinning enough yarn for a sweater a few months ago. I rarely knit with my handspun, so this is pretty exciting. Here's what I have:
It's a really lovely bulky 2-ply merino. I was completely surprised how it spun up - the roving didn't look like this at all. The reds and light blues were completely hidden until I actually plied the yarn. I have 630 yards. I'm planning a pullover, maybe EZ's Seamless Hybrid. But I'm worried about the yardage. Very worried. True, it's a bulky yarn, but 630 yards doesn't seem like enough. So I figured out the rough dimensions of the sweater, thereby figuring out the number of inches of fabric I need. According to my estimates, if my gauge is 3 st./inch or fewer, I'm in the clear. Extremely close, no wiggle room, but in the clear.
So I'm thinking maybe we need a little contrast, maybe a sleeve stripe, or different colored cuffs. Here are my options:
A)
B) 
My gut reaction is actually the blue, because I think the red is a bit much and, well, a bit predictable. Jimmi and Kyra both vote for the red, and Jimmi pointed out that before I make a concrete decision, I should spin up some of each and see how that turns out. Which is smart, but it's too hot to spin, so it won't be done immediately.
What says you?
handspun sweater, spinning in Knitting, Spinning 
Reader Comments (1)
honestly, i'd try spinning a little of each up and then look at it again. personally, i have a hard time imagining what it will look like. i'm sure the sweater will be fab!! :)