Yarn Possibilities for Rose

Yesterday, from the time I saw the Rose pattern, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I thought about it while cooking, while cleaning, while at the doctor with Vince. I thought about it during the afternoon. Finally, I got online and looked at some yarn possibilities.

One of the concerns I have is if I choose yarns that have too much action, all those cables aren’t going to show so I was trying to stick with close to solid yarns.

The first two, Choice A and Choice B, are Miss Babs’ Yummy 3 Ply.

Choice C is Malabrigo Arroyo.

Even though I knew I had hardly any sport weight yarn in my stash, I went digging and . . found nothing. But, during the process of digging, I came across so many yarns I want to use. At some point, I have to use what I have and stop buying yarn for projects or I’ll never use my stash.

In my stash, I found Miss Babs Kaweah in the color, Lead.

Even though this is DK weight, I might can get gauge with it. The pattern gauge is 26 stitches/4″ on size 4/3.50 mm needles.  According to Miss Babs, the gauge for Kaweah is 21 – 24 stitches/4″ on US 4 – 6 needles. The yarn feels/looks more like a sport weight to me and I’m going to do a swatch and see.

On one hand, I wish the yarn wasn’t so dark. I’m not sure how well all the cables will show up but on the other hand, who doesn’t need another nice black-ish sweater!

I’d so much rather use stash yarn than buy yarn and I’m sure Vince’s budget would appreciate that effort on my part. If it works . . it works. If not, I’ll have to buy yarn but since I don’t have a clue which yarn I would buy, waiting is probably a good thing.