Jeff and I decided to go to out for dinner this evening and this is the scene that greeted our return. That's the guilty party in the background doing a very poor job of looking innocent.
Only one of the hanks got really chewed. I put the ragged scraps on my swift, and by felt-splicing the pieces, I think I was able to salvage it. I had ordered one ball extra, so this will be it. It will be for swatches and any seaming.
I may not seam at all. I swatched a little this evening, and it appears this yarn won't work with the Avast pattern. I thought I would be able to get it down to the required gauge, but it just won't work. My next plan of attack is to use Elizabeth Zimmerman's percentage system to do a zip up cardigan. I'm still thinking, though. Hers is a rather chatty approach to patterning, and I'm not sure I'm brave enough. We'll see.
In the meantime, rest assured that if we had a dog house, Silas would be in it.
Ewwwwwww, spit-splicing what your dog has chewed!
ReplyDeleteBad, bad dog.
Go for the EZ. You know you want to!
You DO realize that zippers have to be SEWN in, right? :)
hmmmm..... I've had my box of Beaverslide yarn sitting on the sofa table for a couple weeks now, and the cats have totally ignored it! Maybe I should actually put it away.....
ReplyDeleteJanelle -- how did you know it was spit? I specifically wrote "felt-spliced."
ReplyDeleteOkay - I used spit. But it was mine. Silas' had already dried.
I've said too much...
Gross. Poor Silas.
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