Swatch Number 2
Published March 22, 2007 by CabledSheep
I decided to go ahead and try another swatch for the Dollar and a Half Cardigan with larger needles (US6). This one actually came out pretty close - the lace gauge was larger, but the stockinette didn’t really change as much as I expected. It was close enough that I started working on one of the fronts pieces, to see how it would come out. I think it will work! But just for fun, I think I’ll do one more swatch with US7. It knits up quickly, so it won’t take much time.
But I am thinking that I might make the fronts “matching”, and do the cable pattern for both sides. I’ve gone back-and-forth on that. I don’t really mind the asymmetrical look, but I really prefer the cable. Maybe I’ll just knit the back and decide after I see how it looks.
Cabled Sheep lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she enjoys knitting and munching veggies out of the garden.
Make sure you wash your swatch…treat it as you would the sweater so you know how the yarn reacts to water/soap. It can change your gauge.
I am so interested in what you end up going with. I will most likely start full force on this project next week (i just ordered knit picks needles so I am waiting for those to begin) and don’t really know what I will do. I hate that the gauge is given in the lace pattern–way too complicated.