{"id":850,"date":"2011-09-21T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zardra.dimmet.net\/?p=850"},"modified":"2011-09-20T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T00:47:28","slug":"end-of-the-line-temporarily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zardra.dimmet.net\/?p=850","title":{"rendered":"End of the Line, Temporarily"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My niece’s first birthday is next month, and I had decided to knit her a sweater made from my handspun. \u00a0Because my sister knows how to take care of nice things, I decided that I wasn’t restricted to just superwash fibers. \u00a0I selected the organic merino I got in the Spunky Eclectic club in March 2011; the colorway is Little Periwinkles, which is pastels — pink, blue, green, purple with some white. \u00a0For the pattern, I choose Elizabeth Zimmerman’s February Baby Sweater from The Knitting Almanac. \u00a0It’s pretty much seamless, with some lace to make it pretty.<\/p>\n

I started by spinning up 4 oz, which gave me approximately 194 yards of light worsted yarn. \u00a0I used about 30 yards knitting a swatch to determine which needle size would be best for the yarn and get me the closest to the gauge listed in the pattern (5 sts\/inch). \u00a0I tested out size 5, 6, and 7 needles. \u00a0It was hard waiting for the swatch to dry, but in the end it told me that I could get 5 sts\/inch on size 6 needles. \u00a0However, I liked the fabric from the size 7 needles better, and the gauge was only 4.8 sts\/inch; close enough, and would allow me to err on the bigger size for the sweater since Miss M is growing quickly.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Unfortunately, the 160-ish yards I had left were not enough to complete the sweater. I got through the yoke, the arm separation, and about 3 inches of the body before I ran out. So, it’s back to the spinning wheel for me to get more yarn for finishing up. I’ve gotten the 4 bobbins of singles done and am just waiting for them to rest a little before getting the plying started. <\/p>\n

I must say, the organic merino is a dream to spin. I have more of it in different colors from Spunky Eclectic and am now looking forward to spinning and knitting it up. So soft. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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