I've sifted through the yarn stash, and found a big bag of knitting yarn that I'm never going to knit, not in this lifetime. All in the sort-of-DK range, about 1,200 yards per pound (based on the information on the ball bands - 100 gm = 240-or-more yds).
The yarn I have most of is a multicolor, tweedy cotton/acrylic blend with natural, green, yellow, and tan in it. At the point in my fiber life that I thought I might knit with it, I bought a number of balls of coordinating colors in a similar size.
I suspect it'll be a quicker project to weave than it would have been to knit (this because I've never actually completing a knitted garment, only scarves so far - there are a couple of UFO sweaters in a cupboard waiting for me to finish 'em - I wonder who I'll bequeath them to...?).
I'm thinking scarves or shawls for this warp. I plan to sett the warp at 16 epi, and use 16/2 or 20/2 unmercerized cotton for weft. I'll sample plain weave and broken twill, but instinct tells me a twill will be best.
All the balls have been wound onto cones at this point, to make it easier/faster to wind the warp. I think a mixed warp is easiest to wind at 16 epi if I set up 16 cones on the cone rack and use a tension box and the sectional beam. The rack and tension box will have to be dragged out of a dark corner and dusted off, since I usually use a warping wheel to wind warps. I'm not sure yet if this is the next project to go on the dobby loom (there are a couple of others waiting in the queue) but I need that space in the stash closet for other things!
2 comments:
It's funny how often stash busting is the driving force behind design. And more often than not it's successful.
Sometimes instant gratification is AGood Thing. My shawls are 10 epi/ppi. I'm enjoying doing them a lot. And likewise an effort to bust the stash down to a more manageable size.
Cheers
Laura
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