Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Swatches Swatches!

For the Southern Cross Fibre & Friends SAL/KAL I have been working on spinning swatches that I then knit up. I still want to wash and block them but I have made a decision. First the pictures. Here they are knitted(woolly on the left - n ply on the right:
Jan 2012 SAL knit swatch
Here they are spun and washed (woolly on the top - n ply on the bottom):
2012 SAL/KAL
I wanted a woolly airy yarn and even though my eyes love the n plied samples - the 2 ply is what I want for this project. Ha - I also got gauge with that one!
Similarly with the felted samples I did for Hannah's Hat - I am not choosing the one my eye loves the best but the one that looks more like Hannah. The one with blue.
Hannah swatch 2
Felting swatch1
I really see how helpful swatches are in so much more than just gauge!
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  1. CarolynJanuary 31, 2012 at 7:48 PM

    Good decisions, all!
    We can learn so much when we swatch!

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  2. ElizabethFebruary 1, 2012 at 5:45 PM

    Gorgeous spinning! Thw woolly one will make a lovely sweater.

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