swatched

It's not quite the same as the Morehouse Lace, but I wanted the yarn in hand, swatched, with the needles ready for my trip, so I needed a local yarn.

It had to be done - And She Knits Too! 2009

It's not quite the same as the Morehouse Lace, but I wanted the yarn in hand, swatched, with the needles ready for my trip, so I needed a local yarn.

February 2009 2009

Having swatched pretty extensively for a design of my own in Bamboo, I can say with authority: it grooows.

Granite and Bamboo - And She Knits Too! 2008

I swatched and very quickly discovered that the designers guage for the tunic bore no resemblance to the manufacturers guage.

Archive 2008-04-01 Penny 2008

Pattern: top down turtleneck raglan, swatched and made up with number out of my head

February 2006 2006

I swatched and very quickly discovered that the designers guage for the tunic bore no resemblance to the manufacturers guage.

Snow! and the summer tweed Penny 2008

Longtime readers may recall that back in July I swatched for SnowDrop.

Also on the needles. « Knit-Write 2006

Pattern: top down turtleneck raglan, swatched and made up with number out of my head

52 hours and 30 minutes 2006

The other yarn I swatched was Graceful, a 100% wool yarn with 2400 yards enough for at least two large shawls in the 100 gram ball retailing $22.99.

Swatching Laceweight The Raven 2007

In the end, I ran out of yarn 5/6 of the way through the bind off, so I'm thankful I swatched since I could use that for the rest of the bind off and the sewing.

April 2007 2007