It's day 3 of Ysolda's class. I'm already behind, but I'm OK with that because I'm already learning things and gaining insight. I didn't buy yarn for the class because I figured I could knit from my stash. I have some DK weight yarns in sweater quantity and I need to knit down my stash. Not to mention my bank account would appreciate it. I went to the ATM today to get $$ and was surprised by my balance. It's only the 6th of the month - what happened? Oh yeah, grief induced yarn shopping. That needs to go somewhere in my knitting stages of grief - hmmm.... but I digress.
Oh, yeah - back to what I'm learning in Ysolda's class. She suggests we use a DK weight wool or wool-blend yarn for our Blank Canvas sweater. It will be a while until we get to the actual sweater - but this week we are covering selecting yarn for a project. I went to the stash to see what I had in DK weight in potentially sweater quantity. I was shocked. Almost all of it was cotton or linen! Huh? That can't be right - I live in Wisconsin. More importantly, cotton and linen have no elasticity. They are difficult to knit and to get the fit right. I re-read some of my earlier posts and looked at my Ravelry project page. A lot of my sweater knitting recently has been summer garments. The lightbulb started to come on. Try learning about fit with more forgiving fibers.
I think I need to buy more yarn.
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