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[oyceter]

*sigh*

Stuck at work. At least I have Friday off so I will have a long weekend.

Found a local yarn store, which had a bit of a sale going on. So now I have eight balls of Cotton Cashmere, four each of teal and light green. They're very soft and pretty, except I just sort of bought them spur of the moment because they were relatively cheap. And now... I have not enough yarn to make anything useful! Go fig.

Er. What exactly does one do with eight balls of DK yarn and no pattern? I sort of want to make a two-colored baby blanket or something, but have no idea....

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[chi-zu.livejournal.com]

Oooo...cashmere...

Well, one could always do a striped blanket, or you could use two skeins of each color to make a square and then sew them together like a 4-square checkerboard if that makes any sense.

Or hold together a strand of teal and a strand of green and knit them like that.

You probably have enough for a scarf and possibly a hat in each color, more if you mix them in stripes or something. You could also probably get either a tank top or a shrug/cropped sweater out of it depending on how you used the colors.

If any of these options sound good I could help you figure out a pattern. Since you're getting reacquainted with knitting, the baby blanket or scarf option might be best, but if something with more shaping is really sounding good, go right ahead! The best way to learn is just to do it.

[oyceter]

Haha, I fear you will be stuck answering my many knitting questions ;).

I really like the baby blanket idea -- I was fiddling around with the four-square-checkerboard pattern myself, particularly because my sole knitting book, SnB, has that baby blanket pattern.. but am not quite sure how to attach them together. I was sort of thinking of doing the squares in different stitches -- stockinette and seed or something, but don't know how to sew that together. Or if that works with a border or not. Or, well, if I have enough yarn. And it'll probably be a small blanket because the yarn is pretty thin, but oh, it's so soft!

Er, but yes, any help figuring out a pattern (and what type of needles to use, etc. etc. et.c) would be so appreciated!

Now I want to go back and pick up all the black cotton to make myself a cute tank top or something!

[chi-zu.livejournal.com]

Heh, my response exceeded the lj character limit. So I posted it in my journal here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/chi_zu/16527.html).