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January 10, 2006
Tweed too Tweedy?
I'm stash diving and came up with an alpaca tweed. I don't generally see many arans made from very tweedy yarn. I've heard that cables can get lost in this type of yarn. But this yarn is such a pleasure to knit with. I think I may be hooked on it. What do you think? http://bubblegumknits.blogspot.com/ (January 10th)
Is anyone else swatching with tweed yarn.? .... Would love to see your swatch(es).
edit: As suggested by Jen. The swatch in sunlight
NOTE: image takes 15 seconds on 56k modem to load
http://bubblegumknits.blogspot.com/2006/01/swatch-in-sun.html
BGK
Posted by bgk at January 10, 2006 01:07 PM
Comments
My friend started her sweater in Silkroad Aran Tweed and the pattern really got lost in the tweedy-ness of the yarn. My personal feeling is that this sweater is going to take a chunk of time out of life and a ton of wonderful work. I would want every stitch to be seen. I love tweeds in larger cable or aran patterns, where the yarn does part of the work to make it look wonderful, but with this one, the yarn should take a back seat to the knitting. YOU are doing all of the work on this one. Having said that, swatch it a bit and see what you think. It doesn't take too much time and will be worth it.
Posted by: Teresa C at January 10, 2006 01:45 PM
I don't know--I can barely make out the pattern on your swatch with the tweed yarn. Try taking a photo outside in natural light and post that--it could be the flash obscuring the pattern, too. For all the work--you really want those cables and twists to be the star of the show--not upstaged by the yarn.
Posted by: Jen at January 10, 2006 01:52 PM
My swatch in Rowanspun Aran did not show the "crispiness" of the twisted cables the way I wanted. Rowanspun aran is however a yarn with flecks and another type of yarn of yours. I think Am Kamin is at its best in a yarn of a solid or slightly heathered colour. Follow your feeling:) Monica
Posted by: Monica at January 10, 2006 02:05 PM
Actually a soft tweed might work, but your yarn is a marl, and your lovely stitch definition will be lost with that yarn. I would definitely use a solid color or a very mellow heather.
I did my first swatch in baby blue and my daughter loves it but I'm going to go with a darker color. The tiny spaces between and within the stitches have a suggestion of positive/negative space against the well-defined twisted stitches. In a darker color, this will add depth, but in a pastel it grays the sweater.
Posted by: Sylvia at January 10, 2006 03:06 PM
Hmm, to me it does obscure the twisted stitches. After all that work, you'd really want them to stand out.
Posted by: Amy at January 10, 2006 04:28 PM
The colour of your yarn is fabulous, but your stitches seem to be getting lost in all of it's splendor.
Posted by: Gale at January 10, 2006 05:54 PM
You are loosing stitch definition with what you are using. Also the halo of the yarn wil obscure the stitches even more.
A color on color tweed might do okay. Say a sage green and a darker shade of the same color. Or color of your choice.
Quelyn
Posted by: Quelyn at January 12, 2006 09:57 PM