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a knitting-help-type question
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I'm thinking of making either Rambling Rows or Ombre Alpaca for my parents' 40th anniversary, which is in (augh) three and a half months, so I've kind of got to get on that.
Rambling Rows calls for five colors and 16st/4in (on size 8). Ombre Alpaca calls for six colors (but it can be any number of colors, really, and you'll get 2n-1 stripes) and 18st/4in with two strands held together (on size 11). Bottom line: I need to decide which one I'm doing before I order the yarn, because doubled up vs. not will make something of a difference, y/n?
And: Cascade Superwash. Anyone familiar with the stuff? It is good? It is affordable? They do have a wide range of colors, which is appealing to me right now. And mainly: what the hell weight is it? They advertise 5st/in on size 7, and that's where it gets to be too much math for me. I think, based on the above, it is closer to a regular medium weight -- 5st/in on 7's (and 5.5st/in on 6's) is probably about 4.5st/in on 8's, right?, which is juuust a hair more (stitches, so fewer inches) than RR calls for. In short: RR calls for medium weight, OA calls for light sport weight or DK, these are not interchangeable, and Cascade Superwash appears to be more along medium lines than lighter. 220yds/100gr, and for reference DiC Classy is 250, and their skeins are always quite long. BUT Cascade's various DK weights are 125yds/50gr, which is only 30 yards difference over 100gr, so wtf? Are they really closer to interchangeable than I thought?
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I'm thinking of making either Rambling Rows or Ombre Alpaca for my parents' 40th anniversary, which is in (augh) three and a half months, so I've kind of got to get on that.
Rambling Rows calls for five colors and 16st/4in (on size 8). Ombre Alpaca calls for six colors (but it can be any number of colors, really, and you'll get 2n-1 stripes) and 18st/4in with two strands held together (on size 11). Bottom line: I need to decide which one I'm doing before I order the yarn, because doubled up vs. not will make something of a difference, y/n?
And: Cascade Superwash. Anyone familiar with the stuff? It is good? It is affordable? They do have a wide range of colors, which is appealing to me right now. And mainly: what the hell weight is it? They advertise 5st/in on size 7, and that's where it gets to be too much math for me. I think, based on the above, it is closer to a regular medium weight -- 5st/in on 7's (and 5.5st/in on 6's) is probably about 4.5st/in on 8's, right?, which is juuust a hair more (stitches, so fewer inches) than RR calls for. In short: RR calls for medium weight, OA calls for light sport weight or DK, these are not interchangeable, and Cascade Superwash appears to be more along medium lines than lighter. 220yds/100gr, and for reference DiC Classy is 250, and their skeins are always quite long. BUT Cascade's various DK weights are 125yds/50gr, which is only 30 yards difference over 100gr, so wtf? Are they really closer to interchangeable than I thought?
HELP IS APPRECIATED.
neotoma, wordplay, etc., I'm looking at you.