Saucy no go
I have not been able to find a LYS that carries Reynolds Saucy. I’d like to see it before I buy online cause I have a Tahki yarn I like that might substitute. Garrrr! Ordinarily I wouldn’t worry about it, but because this is a gift I don’t want to experiment.
Posted on July 22nd, 2005 by Helen
Filed under: Shopping
I think the trick is that as long as the Tahki yarn gauges out the same, it should be fine. I do not have a knack for this gauging thing quite yet, but I’m still working on it. Or at least not good with gauging boucle/homespun type yarns. :-S
Gauge and texture are two different things, though!
I should use the same throughout, and if I do that I think it will work.
Ah, texture is the issue! THAT I can appreciate. I was at one of the LYSs in my area yesterday, and deciding to touch some of the yarns that were mucho expensivo, and I thought they felt like brillo pads! I’m very much in favor of something extra soft, so I see what you are saying now!
sometimes harsher yarns knit into wonderful fabrics, but this is a lightweight afghan for their beach house. However, I got commissioned into an easier project: Em’s toddler kept trying to steal my purse today, and kept saying “My Bag!” So I’m going to make him a messenger bag of my own design, based on the one in SnBN but made toddler sized, so he can have his own bag.
I think the mini messenger bag is a great idea! I know that’s how I started making that psuedo-sweatshirt sweater for Drew that has the overly long sleeves and the hood that turned into a collar. He saw me knitting my sweater and said he wanted one, and voila! But I like the bag idea better, and it will be quick and easy to do, I’m sure!