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Speaking of Rhinebeck (I swear, do I ever do anything else on this blog?), I'm having a bit of a dilemma concerning what (or specifically, how much) to buy. Here's the thing: even though I've been knitting off and on for over 20 years, I've only been a Knitter (with a capital "K") for about a year. All stash enhancement to this point has been with specific projects in mind, save for socks or other "one-skein" projects (like hats and scarves). Setting aside the fact that I've been buying far faster than I can knit, the fact remains that I don't really know how to buy without guidelines.
For instance, say I head on over to the Morehouse Farm booth at Rhinebeck. Now, from what I've read, Morehouse Merino is absolutely top notch. How much do I buy if I want to make a sweater for it in the future? Put in another way (cue Whitney Houston): How will I know????
So here's my question to my readers: how much yardage is usually required for sweaters? Cardigans? Shawls? Help? I run into the same problem when surfing the bargain bins in places like Elann. I spot something that seems like a genuine bargain, but then I think: How much do I buy? What will I use it for? Faced with these questions to which I have absolutely no answer for, I move on (see Kate, I don't buy everything!).
Needless to say, I'm really looking forward to next weekend. This yarn fast has been killing me! I mean, seriously, I found myself gazing longingly at the Bernat and Red Heart at Zellers yesterday! Can you say Yarn-a-holic?
3 comments:
Wish I could offer guidance on the yarn purchasing query, but, after all, it's ME you're listening to here... :)
On the upside, the sweater is looking wonderful and maybe the kite will suffer last minute fray issues or something?
it's probably going to be a tie! oh the suspense! Please Maxime don't sleep! 3:>
Da-enabl-ar: I know where you live!
Shoot, I wish I'd read this before today. Did you get an answer? There are guidelines, for example Ann Budd put out a little pamplet with approximate yarn requirements. I use that when I'm going somewhere new, otherwise if I'm somewhere like a yarn store, I ask them to find me a pattern with the similar gauge and figure out how much yarn that pattern says to use.
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