Restless Knitter

I checked Ravelry yesterday to see how far down the line I am. Once those 4300 people are out of my way, I’m in! Just because I like to whine, I tried to sign up for Ravelry months before but apparently the connection at the apt was so slow it wasn’t bringing up the fields I really needed to fill in so I was typing in the login fields for nothing, so they should really let me in now because I did try before. Queen of long run on sentences, wheee! Anyhoo! Even though there are a lot of people ahead of me, I decided to start preparing by sifting through the stash. I might possibly get it sorted and out of boxes too so this is a good thing.

Before I got far, I realized a couple of things. I have a lot of blue yarn. I have a fair bit of variegated yarn that has blue in it and, for the most part, lavender. I haven’t even gotten through all the boxes and, at the rate I knit, I have enough to keep me occupied for a good long time. In other words, I don’t need to buy yarn so maybe it’s time to toss a bunch of it so I have an excuse to buy more for a little yarn diet. Nothing strict because that will just piss me off and make me want to buy yarn just to spite myself. No, I do not need professional help thank you very much. Yes you do No I don’t Tell the voices in my head to shut up.

Then there’s the variegated yarn issue. There are so many pretty variegated yarns out there but you can’t use them in every pattern. Take cables for example. Most variegated yarns don’t work well for cables. The pattern gets lost in the colors. I think you have to be a little mindful of some of the lace patterns also. I’ve seen some that you couldn’t tell were lace because the colors so overshadowed the details, but others worked out beautifully. I have a feeling that the lace variegated I have is going to be one of those overshadowing colors. I’m not saying it can’t be pretty because it might well be. It just may be hard to see the lace pattern. The variegated yarns that I’ve taken note of in my stash (so far) are heavier weight. Schaefer Laurel, SWTC Karoake, and Patons SWS. I know I could easily use the Karoake and SWS in a multi-directional scarf but what if I don’t want to? What other stitch patterns work well for variegated yarns? So that’s the mission I’m on at the moment. Going through stitch pattern books and trying different stitch patterns with some variegated Sugar n Cream is keeping my mind off the 4300 people I want to mow down I have to patiently wait behind.

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