Friday, 29 August 2014

Ryeland yarn sweater

I span some ryeland into a 3-ply yarn that knits with a similar tension to Cocoon.  It is completely different in every other way mind - it hangs differently, takes up space differently, the sheen is different....

I wasn't sure what to do with it, so I decided to knit this up and see how it looked.

Rowan Passion by Amanda Crawford

I think it's going to be quite nice, although I am making it with a V-neck and I knitted the body longer (the pattern is way too short!).  The only thing is that, the balls I span are different colours so there's an.... interesting.... stripe effect happening!

Homespun Ryeland 3-ply