I went to go look at the kyoto pattern from knitty on Friday night, and was excited to see that the new issue was available. So C and I imed about the many pattern choices and, after being sort of off and on excited about the kyoto, taking weeks to decide what yarn I wanted to use, etc., I spontaneously changed my mind and decided to start the honeymoon cami. I had just done a swatch of our dyed cotton, so I knew I had gauge with it on size 5 needles.
So I started.
Of course I screwed up on the first row and got off count. I tried fixing every stitch as I went along, thinking it would be a learning experience, but then realized it would be much faster to just START OVER. So I did, this time being much more careful with my counting and checking myself repeatedly throughout the first row. So that all went fine and I got to the first part of the eyelet pattern and ... well ... I realized that all of the things I have read about thinking about your yarn switches were right. This cotton yarn is just maybe not right for this pattern. It doesn't drape the same way and you can hardly see the eyelets through the bulk, making the eyelets a bit unnecessary.
Should I frog it and try it with my valley cotton? I was so proud of actually starting a project ...
Oooh, I think it'd be very nice in the Valley cotton. I'm going to say YES on that one. Either color. You should make two!
As for the dyed cotton, I think it would be much better knit on bigger needles. Maybe size 7 or even 8?
Posted by: c at April 4, 2004 10:49 PM