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11/25/2003 4:43:54 PM
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marie
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Hi, Just received my Araucania order ~ lovely! However, I`ve read that when knitting with hand-dyed yarns it`s best to use two skeins, alternating every two rows, to avoid obvious color changes/color pooling. Does anyone know if I`ll have to do this with Araucania? It appears to be more shaded as opposed to a multi-color yarn.
Thank you,
Marie
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11/25/2003 8:10:16 PM
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Guest
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Yes, you must do it with it. Someone in my knitting class knit a scarf with 3 skeins. The first two matched but the second one was way off even though it was the same dye lot. Pam
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11/26/2003 10:19:29 AM
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marie
Posts 5
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Darn it!!! And I ordered enough for two sweaters  This does not sound like it`s going to be fun. Okay, since I`ll only be carrying the yarn up two rows, should I twist the strands? Darn...I`m so disappointed!
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11/28/2003 5:41:23 PM
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I ordered just a few skeins thinking that I would use them for hats, but I loved the colors so much when I received them that I just ordered a bunch more. Please post once you`ve started a sweater and let us know how it knits up!
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12/7/2003 6:20:08 PM
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Guest
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I`ve made three completed sweaters with Araucania, and haven`t had any problem simply knitting all the way through one skein and then starting another. Perhaps I was lucky. I did see a skein of Araucania in a store which was the same color as one of the sweaters I knit (which I happened to be wearing)and much of the skein was lighter than in my sweater...although it had the same light color, just less of it. I doubt if it would have made a problem had that skein been included in my sweater, but it`s hard to say.
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4/5/2004 6:30:39 AM
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ecasey
Posts 2668
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I need your input Gals - the top in turquoise that I`m doing (the free pattern off this site) is coming along swimmingly, and I`m ready to start DH`s aran in the deepest blue (would you believe that Mr. I-like-dark-colours actually took a shine to the turquoise and made noises when I said he couldn`t have it because I`d only got 5 hanks for the top, and opposed to 15 hanks of the darker colour for his sweater). The sweater I have in mind is quite textured - how do you think the Araucania is going to hold up? Is it going to be too heavy? Should I find something with less texture to make it lighter? Help me!
Eileen.
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the STARS!" (Oscar Wilde)
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4/5/2004 7:04:12 AM
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Les
Posts 4243
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Eileen - I`m making a toddler sweater out of the raspberry. Nice to knit with isn`t it! I think it will hold up well as I have a sweater from S. America in similar yarn and it has been great. For our climate, it would be a great summer sweater. Is it humid where you are? It sure isn`t here. If so, maybe something lighter might work better but the Araucania would absorb the sweat wouldn`t it!! He wouldn`t have the sweat running down his back it would just be sopped up!!
Les
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4/5/2004 9:48:50 AM
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bea
Posts 624
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"If so, maybe something lighter might work better but the Araucania would absorb the sweat wouldn`t it!! He wouldn`t have the sweat running down his back it would just be sopped up!!"
lol! that`s a lovely image, Les! :-)
Bea
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4/5/2004 11:17:39 AM
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ecasey
Posts 2668
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Too rght Bea, Les is great with the old graphic imagery! ;-)
We`re in upstate NY, so humidity isn`t much of a problem (at least I don`t think so - haven`t been here for a summer yet) - we actually had a couple of inches of SNOW overnight, LOL!
He hasn`t been able to wear the wool/wool-blend sweaters I had knit him because they keep the heating up too high in his office at work. But we had a few warmish days there last week, and he says they had the AC up too high as well - so I`m not too worried about the Araucania being too thick. More worried that it might just stretch under it`s own weight and become a mini-dress... mind you, he`s got a great set of pins from all the runnng he`s done over the years, so maybe that wouldn`t be such a bad thing! Heeheehee
But I ADORE knitting with it - it`s so soft, and I love the undulations in think and thin yarn.
Oh, I meant to say - if you like the Araucania, there`s a similar yarn that is gorgeous here:
http://stores.ebay.com/Over-The-Rainbow-Yarns_W0QQcolZ2QQdirZQ2d1QQdptZ4QQsclZallQQsotimedisplayZ2QQtZkm
Look for the "rainbow cottons" - not only do the have similar properties to the Araucania, but they`re handpainted the most lovely shades.
Eileen.
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the STARS!" (Oscar Wilde)
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4/5/2004 11:32:56 AM
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traina@optonline.net
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I just finished a cute little tank top in the lilac color. It was a small top for my 6 year old. It knit up really fast and was very nice to work with. I think the yarn will stretch some.... and because of the texture you cant really knit it to tight. Because the one I made is small and cropped I am not to worried if it stretches a little bit but a mans size might stretch a little more due to the weight?
Cindy
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4/6/2004 4:49:50 AM
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Les
Posts 4243
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Ohhh, that is very pretty - bet Heather could dye something like that with her wiltons.
Les
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4/6/2004 7:59:22 AM
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ScullyKnits
Posts 2451
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I`ve bought yarn from this seller. Both the cotton and a wool/silk blend. It is really beautiful.
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4/6/2004 9:37:41 AM
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ecasey
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Me too Scully - and I think it looks even better in "real life" than on the screen. I love her wools too, though I haven`t bought any of those yet.
Eileen.
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the STARS!" (Oscar Wilde)
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