Green Amande is almost done. The buttons are chosen and on their way from a great shop on etsy called anthonywoodshop. They are lovely 1/2" Osage orange wood. (I see more buttons and spoons being ordered in future!) I'll post pictures when they arrive!
Then, I finished the cuffs, bottom hem, and started the button band. SNAG!
When I purchased the yarn for the sweater there were only three skeins at my LYS. They would order more and as it is a large company that mass produces yarn I assumed the dye lot wouldn't matter.
Wrong.
The dye lot matters and this fourth skein is a brighter green than the other three skeins.
And I have ten rows left! Ten rows! I can't make that work in another color. And I don't think frogging all the other ribbing rows will give me enough for 6 rows even around the whole front.
This week I turned in desperation to ravelry ... Searching for anyone that might have one skein of the same dye lot. And, yes, there was someone. The skein wasn't marked for sale. But it was all by itself. I put my plea out there to swap skeins.
Today she wrote back that she would swap with me. She could definitely understand my plight (as most knitters have found themselves in the sad corner with non-matching dye lots). This woman is my hero for the week! The sweater is saved and I'm trying to determine the best way to thank this stranger that answered my message with such a gracious and kind hearted yes.
Love knitters everywhere!
Be excellent to each other!
No comments:
Post a Comment