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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Not a happy ending

A while back I posted about knitting this top for myself...

http://www.monirae.blogspot.com/search/label/Knitting

Well, I got it 3/4 done and guess what? I ran out of yarn! I bought the yarn online so there is no way to get more to match and it was turning out good too. Well, after fuming I finally figured out the problem. The pattern called for (7) 50g skeins which is what I bought. Little did I know that the amount of yardage would vary in 50g skeins. The pattern called for 105 yds. per skein and what I bought has 94 yds. per skein. I just assumed I had to pay attention to the amount of skeins not the yardage. Big lesson for me. Well at least I know I like the pattern and maybe I will give it another go later but I am not going to waste this yarn so maybe I might be able to get a couple of shrugs out of it....We will see. Sure hurt to frog all my hard work:(

3 comments:

Nancy said...

Dang!

Why not add a coordinating color and insert some stripes.

Granny Annie said...

Oh my goodness, I feel your pain. I also know that you will be able to come back to it one day and make something lovely and creative out of it.

Lady Di Tn said...

CAT FUZZIES! I USE THE TERM HATE THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS. A HARD LESSON LEARNED BUT I WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND THE NEXT TIME I BUY YARN FOR A PATTERN. GRRRRRRR AND PEACE