At the end of last year I contemplated a yarn diet for 2011 and knitting only socks (to free up room in my yarn bin for sweater yarn). Well, that went out the window.
WEBS has yarn in colors I want in stock. And the thing is, they don't always. I ended up buying three skeins of Dream in Color's Everlasting 8-ply sock yarn in Tidewater (a very pretty blue/green/purple as far as I can tell); three skeins of Madelinetosh's Pashima (a DK weight) in Calligraphy (seemingly a light grey); and two skeins of Trekking Hand Art, one in Tobago (I knit a Baktus in this and wished I had another skein for socks in this colorway) and one in Laguna, a pretty blue.
I almost also bought some Rowan Belle by Amy Butler I've been eyeing, but decided to ere on the side of caution and only buy enough for two sweaters. Hopefully three skeins is enough for a sweater, we'll see. After all, we're talking DK- and sock-weight, you need less, right? Maybe the sleeves will be cropped. Anyhow, I need a thin, machine-washable sweater for traveling, hopefully one of these fits the bill. I'll have to find a pattern I like too. Any suggestions?
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