I started this pretty scarf a while back and it has remained one of my WIPs mainly because chart reading is a slow process for me. Also, each row has its own unique set of stitches so I'm not finding myself memorizing the pattern like I usually can do.
I've been test knitting this scarf and originally had won two skeins of this yummy wool. The designer knew that she wanted the design to be knit with three skeins so generously sent me one more, already caked and ready to go. I cast on with the ready-made cake and just recently added on a second, one of the skeins that I won. I've been humming along, knitting this during a sweet spot in my day when I spend my lunch hour in the campus library. And then I discovered this:
Oh dear! The designer thought she had sent me the additional skein in the same dye lot as the ones I won but apparently that ain't so. I'm a little down-hearted -- will nothing go my way this week? -- but I really can't bear to frog this project as well. It's a truly lovely and innovative design, and once I get rolling, it's a lot of fun to knit. At this point, I'm hoping that with soaking and blocking, the color discrepancy won't be so harsh. At least, that's what the optimist in me is trying to believe!
That is too bad about the dye lot but the pattern looks interesting. :)
ReplyDeleteI've read a lot of incidents lately relating to this very subject.
ReplyDeleteYou may remember I've purchased five skeins for my Intagliata Henley and have co using two of the skeins and plan on alternating rows with them.
I am hoping not to have to cope with the yarn change as it works up the body.
Don't know what to tell you, Evelyn
hugs
Ouch, that's harsh. And the pattern really is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh no! You make me want to just send you 3 more skeins... but then there is the time invested thing again. ARGH! I'm so sorry!!
ReplyDeleteThis is the worst thing ever! Oh no! I'm so deeply sorry, I cannot imagine anything much worse than this (maybe knitting shouldn't be so high on my list of priorities in life). The worst part of it is that the pattern is amazingly beautiful and the yarn works perfectly with it! I hope that the blocking helps the way you hope it does. Perhaps some skillful folding during pictures might help hide it.
ReplyDeleteJust tell everyone it is a design element.
ReplyDeleteOh dear. That is such a bummer! Do you think the third skein might be the same as the first? If so, you could do the middle portion in one colour and the two ends in the different colour? It would look ok?
ReplyDeleteOh no!!
ReplyDeleteIt's like you're getting all my bad luck! (No wonder my sweater is working out so well.)
Why don't you try putting it on a circular and blocking it right now to see if it changes anything?
Other than that I don't know what to say. Hopefully you have the dye lot and can find someone on Rav with a spare skein.
Good luck!
Oh bummer! When you finish it could you dye it to a darker color? I'd be so frustrated if that happened to me.
ReplyDeleteOne skein's "in the shade" while the other is "bathed in sunlight"?
ReplyDeleteAwe too bad! (Love the mustard though)
ReplyDeleteOh no!!! I've had that happen and it kills me!
ReplyDeleteOh dear...the knitting gods are being most unkind to you. This is truly a low blow!
ReplyDeleteI love Marie's comment, "Tell everyone it is a design element"! :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously--I a truly sorry--but boy, that picture sure drives home to me the importance of dye lots!
*smiles, a hug,and wishes for a more satisfying knitting weekend*
Oh no! You're having the same bad-luck streak with your knitting that I've been having with my sewing! Such a bummer!
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