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Working with Scraplet Skeins Really, other than just enjoying yourself while knitting with these incredible skeins, watching the color sequence develop, there's not a lot to worry about, but I do have a few tips for you. First, do not worry about the next yarn in the sequence starting in the middle of a row; when tying the yarns together, we purposely leave tails long enough to weave in properly (definitely do NOT cut these tails-- the knots will come undone before your eyes). Or, depending on the overall look of what you're making, you may prefer to just let the tails hang out, instead of weaving them in (we did this with our Scraplet Hat). Also, since the thickness of each yarn naturally varies a bit, don't expect to get a consistent gauge. Rather, just enjoy the fact that this quality adds to the uniqueness of your project! Another issue I've had myself is with the parts of the skein that combine 2 (or even 3) yarns together; because the different yarns stretch to different degrees, occasionally I've come to the end of one yarn section, and one of the 2 yarns will be longer than the other. (In other words, they don't come out evenly.) When this happens, you can (a) simply leave the excess loop hanging and weave it in later, (b) knit the excess along with the next yarn in the sequence, or (c) you can undo the knot where the next yarn connects, even up the yarn ends by trimming off the excess, retie the yarns, and proceed. I must say that this last option is my preference. I've been experimenting a lot with these skeins lately, and one thing I really like to do is, whenever I come to a ribbon-type yarn, I immediately switch to a drop-stitch pattern, just until the ribbon is used up, then I go back to whatever stitch I was working before the ribbon popped up. Very interesting effect. Have fun with your own Scraplet Skein experiments, and be sure to post photos of your Scraplet Skein projects in the Gallery space on YarnTalk, our new bulletin board! - Lindy |
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This colorway is called “Ranchos”, from the Summer of Enchantment Colorway Series. (“Ranchos” is still available through special order.)
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