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[ladyknits]

So this weekend I fell in love with the idea of doing IK's Silken Spencer out of stash yarn. I have 400m of red merino, light worsted, which I have been dying to use up. I was going to use some random stash yarn as the accent. Unfortunately this sweater seems to take a lot of yarn. For the smallest size (since I've got a thicker yarn I'm going to

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[socksforphlox]

What's the gauge and yardage? I don't have the magazine yet...

[ladyknits]

The gauge of the yarn in the magazine is 23 st/4 inch and I think it's about 190m per skein. I'm assuming it's dk weight yarn or else knit at a really tight gauge. It's silk. I think I would really get a lot of use out of a little sweater like this. I'm going to wander over to elann again to see if there is anything I might be able to use.

My planned modifications include: not doing fair isle, instead making the border on the body as wide as on the sleeves and not folding it over.

I was so excited about using stash yarn. Bah humbug.

[socksforphlox]

I will check out the ol' spreadsheet. Silk is hard to compare to other yarns sometimes because it needs to be knit pretty tight to preserve form.

[socksforphlox]

Ah, it's made from La Luz. N&P has it, tres pricey. Let me think about this...

[socksforphlox]

OK, your dreams just may come true: I have a load of Horstia Wool/Silk that is just as lustrous as the La Luz in almost identical colours as the Silken SPencer uses, and I don't want it!!! The gauge of the yarn is a DK, and I think that I have enough, even. The gauge might even work out.

Hooray for knitting kismet!

[ladyknits]

NO WAY!! Are you sure? I don't want to deprive you. I'd offer a yarn trade but I don't know if I have anything to give away (it's amazing how you can have a tonne of yarn and not be able to part with any of it). How about I buy you dinner next time you're in town?

[socksforphlox]

Sounds good to me. I will bring it in on Wednesday, OK? Maybe you won't like it...

[ladyknits]

It's possible but maybe I'll love it!!
So I'll see you Wednesday? Got any specific plans? I want to finish the last sleeve so if a SnB could be scheduled that would be great.

[heatherlayne_n]

You guys and your clapotis icons are so cute. ^.^ What a lovely, mutually beneficial friendship! Heehee. Keep us updated on the yarn and progress of the sweater!

[ladyknits]

Why thank you :)
It's so nice to be back in the same part of the country as my knitting buddies. Do you have local people to knit with?

[heatherlayne_n]

Erg, no. >.< I think anyone who has knitting groups around here does so through the LYS's, and, no offense to anyone, but they're all.... older. I need to teach some of my friends to knit so we can have our own SnB! *Sigh*

[ladyknits]

I did that when I was in Vancouver. All of my knitting friends were in Ontario so I had a knitting party, got about 6 or 7 of my classmates together with wine and yarn, and I taught them how to knit! And four of them are still doing it! I considered it a huge success :)

[socksforphlox]

thems good odds! Out of the people I have taught, I guess only Hilary (my sister) didn't take to the yarn, and out of all the others, only Gen is not fully obsessed! (she's just a social knitter... give me time)

[socksforphlox]

Everyone needs a clapotis icon. This isn't even my clap! This is one I knit for another friend of ours :)

[ladyknits]

You need to make an icon based on your clap.

[socksforphlox]

i need to locate a pic...