After finding out last week that Interweave Knits accepted a couple of my design proposals for their Summer 2008 issue, AND that I have about 6 weeks to knit both samples and write up the patterns, I realized that I had better get a move on to have any hope of finishing my Wyvern Wrap before the yarn for the IK samples arrives. So knit away I did...and it became quite clear after I finished the Right Front that I will run short of yarn before I finish. (The Good News: with calculator and new numbers--the weight of yarn I've used so far and the area of the piece I completed--my assessments of yarn requirements for the wrap, previously based only on extrapolation from the child-sized sample, appear to be quite accurate. Also, the piece I finished blocked to measurements--no surprises there.) I did rewrite the sleeves to make them wider after I started knitting...a difference, as it turns out, of about 100 square inches--a necessary addition, unfortunately.
Sadly, Filatura di Crosa Trilly has been discontinued, and my attempts to find a stray skein or two via the internet-- Google, eBay, Ravelry-- have failed. So, unless someone out there happens to have a little Trilly in colorway #301794 (lot number? HA! I'll take any lot at this point), I've had to mull over alternatives.
Starting over with a new yarn? No. Don't have the time. Working a "waistband" in a different yarn? This would mean putting the completed front piece on the inside, and doing something to cover the waistband portion of it that wouldn't be overlapped by the left front--a wider sash instead of the modified I-cord, perhaps. I liked this idea until I realized that the "waistband" would have to be 4 inches wide--too wide, in my opinion. Knitting the overlapped part of the front in a different yarn? Hmmm...maybe. Using a band of a different color across the upper back and arms? It wouldn't be visible from the front; the stitch pattern would cause the edges of the stripe to undulate, which might be nice....
Nothing in my stash will work for the new yarn, so I've ordered a couple of different colors of RYC Cashsoft DK, which means I will soon get a chance to see this suggested substitute in action. And now...I wait. (At least I have my old friend Sherwood to keep my hands busy in the meantime.)
Is your Sherwood for an adult? It looks wonderful.
Patty
Posted by: Patty | November 14, 2007 at 10:38 AM
I posted the request on this forum: http://www.unfilodi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,88888949/func,view/catid,5/id,2212/#2212
Posted by: Typesetter | November 14, 2007 at 11:27 AM
You might have some luck if you call a store in San Diego called The Grove 619-284-7684. I saw several colorways of this yarn a while back.
Posted by: Kristen | November 14, 2007 at 11:33 AM
Ack! I hate it when yarns are discontinued. Hopefully a blog reader will have some Trilly in her/his stash. Otherwise I hope the substitute works out. Could you shorten the body maybe? But perhaps that's not the effect you want...
Congrats on the IK again :) Lucky us to get more patterns from you. I'll post a FO pic of the Dragon Skin wrap soon before it gets sent off to little Renee (my friend's new baby).
Posted by: connie | November 14, 2007 at 03:37 PM
My friend Lulù, who owns a yarn shop in Carate brianza, is meeting the salesperson from Filatura di Crosa today, and she will ask him if they still have some of it stashed somewhere.
Posted by: Typesetter | November 15, 2007 at 05:48 AM
I'm sorry I don't have the yarn, but wanted to say how lovely all your knitting is!
Posted by: June | November 19, 2007 at 07:42 PM