Monday, 17 September 2012

Subtlety

A little while ago I bought 4 balls of Rowan Felted Tweed DK on ebay for a ridiculously low price. Felted Tweed seems to be one of those yarns that people absolutely adore, so I was really pleased to get my hands on some.

However, despite the excellent yardage, I knew that 4 balls wouldn't really be enough for a pattern that I wanted to make with it, so I ordered a couple more balls from another shop. And this is where I include a public service announcement - do not assume you know what colour you have, if you do not have it in front of you *laughs*


Original yarn on the bottom, new yarn on top. Hmmm.

So, I ended up with 4 balls of one colour and 2 balls of a similar but definitely not the same colour. Dilemma time *laughs*


After a lot of searching, I settled on a pattern that I thought could work and be something I would like - Daffodil. I was inspired by one of the pictures on the pattern page, with grey and yellow stripes (by nasseknits)

Of course, I will need to employ my standard modification of adding some increases around the hips so that I can have a button band that buttons all the way down ;)

So, I decided to see if this pattern would work. As the yarns I'm using are so similar in colour, I wasn't sure if the contrast would be too subtle...



I quite like the subtlety - what do you think?



Posted by pinkundine at 09:27
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13 comments:

  1. Leah17 September 2012 at 10:10

    I like the subtlety, too. I think it works.

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  2. Chrissy17 September 2012 at 10:13

    I love felted tweed too. It's such a warm, yet light yarn. I like subtle stripes as much as I like high contrast stripes. I think in the two shades of grey, it will look lovely.

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  3. Hazels Crochet17 September 2012 at 12:37

    Ooooh it turns out the little accident is a happy one, I think the pattern you picked for it works great for the subtle different shades in the yarn :)

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  4. Karen17 September 2012 at 12:46

    Oh that is going to be gorgeous! I love subtle color changes.

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  5. Babajeza17 September 2012 at 13:44

    I like it. Go for it!

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  6. Vanessa17 September 2012 at 16:08

    Totally works. I love the striping between the too. Very subtle and chic.

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  7. Andria17 September 2012 at 18:31

    I've done the exact same thing with ordering yarn, and your solution is perfect. I quite like how it looks!

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  8. Sarah ~ Crafts from the Cwtch17 September 2012 at 21:39

    Fabulous! This is a great pattern too, it's in my queue already :)

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  9. supertinks17 September 2012 at 22:49

    Those colours work really well together! It's going to look fab.

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  10. Annie Cholewa18 September 2012 at 14:24

    Looking good to me.

    I really must seek out my knitting mojo, it's hiding from me!

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  11. Radioactive Tori19 September 2012 at 14:54

    That looks like it will turn out beautiful!

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  12. Greer20 September 2012 at 13:20

    Oh, I think it's going to be beautiful!

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  13. katie metzroth25 September 2012 at 18:03

    I like it! good problem solvin' for sure! :)

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