Mar 8, 2012

Screeching to a Halt

There have been two things that I've been trying to do this week. One, move on from my trial and error cardigan, and, two, find my sweet spot each day. I've been able to accomplish both but then yesterday, during a sweet spot moment, I discovered something that had me screeching to a halt!




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!

15 comments:

  1. That is too bad about the dye lot but the pattern looks interesting. :)

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  2. I've read a lot of incidents lately relating to this very subject.
    You 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

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  3. Ouch, that's harsh. And the pattern really is so pretty!

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  4. Oh 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!!

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  5. This 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.

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  6. Just tell everyone it is a design element.

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  7. Oh 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?

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  8. Oh no!!
    It'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!

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  9. Oh bummer! When you finish it could you dye it to a darker color? I'd be so frustrated if that happened to me.

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  10. One skein's "in the shade" while the other is "bathed in sunlight"?

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  11. Awe too bad! (Love the mustard though)

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  12. Oh no!!! I've had that happen and it kills me!

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  13. Oh dear...the knitting gods are being most unkind to you. This is truly a low blow!

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  14. I love Marie's comment, "Tell everyone it is a design element"! :)
    Seriously--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*

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  15. 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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