I do enjoy test knits because there’s a deadline. I cannot let myself get sidetracked or start other projects before it’s finished so most of the projects I finish are test knit projects.
It’s a cowl and it needs DK weight yarn. I checked my spreadsheet last night and narrowed it down to two yarns: Blue Sky’s Woolstock in the October Sky colorway or Numma Numma TEXAS Toasty in the pico de gallo colorway.
I kinda felt like I should use the Blue Sky yarn because it’s a currently available yarn but I have 14 skeins of it and would only need 8 skeins, which means there would be 6 skeins left behind, or about 720 yards. The Numma Numma yarn is discontinued. I have five skeins – 1,120 yards I think. The pattern calls for 984 yards so I’ll use pretty much all of that yarn. And, the October Sky is a grayish blue – a great color; but the pico de gallo is an orange/red and I think that’s what I need to be working on right now . . a happy bright color.
I’m going to the sewing room to make one more mask, then I’m going to cast on and get started knitting.
Rebecca in SoCal says
Using almost all of a batch sounds good…then you don’t have to figure out what you can use the remainder with, or find a small project.
Rebecca in SoCal says
Plus it’s one less item on your spreadsheet!