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[sixbeforelunch]

I'm very much a newbie at this, so hopefully the more experienced among you can help me out.

I'm planning on making Fetching for my next project. I made a practice glove using some scrap acrylic that I had in my house and it turned out pretty well, so I'm ready to take the plunge and spend some money on decent yarn. (This will be my second "good yarn" project and my first didn't turn out very well, so I'm a little nervous.)

The suggested yarn is Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran [55% Merino Wool, 33% Microfibre, 12% Cashmere; Approx. 98yd/89m per 50g ball], but I'm absolutely in love with this organic merino wool I found on etsy.

So...will it work? I'm thinking one skein of the worsted weight should do it. I should mention that I'm planning on making the gloves longer by adding two more cable rows at the bottom and one (or maybe two) at the top, and making the thump a row or two longer, so maybe I should bump it up to two skeins? I'm so lost when it comes to picking which yarns will work best with which projects and I really don't want to spend $20 on yarn that won't be right. Thoughts?

Comments

[katieastrophe]

The first option available (sport organic merino) in the etsy listing should work; it has more stitches per inch than the recommended yarn, so as long as you buy the same yardage, you should have a little more than enough. You'll need at least two skeins of the etsy yarn, but if you intend to make them longer, you might want to get a third.

[aedifica]

No helpful advice, sorry, but thanks for linking that pattern! I'm planning to learn cables soonish and that looks like a good project to start with.

[troisroyaumes]

I'm a newbie too, but I looked up the project in Ravelry (here), and it looks like people have successfully used all sorts of merino worsted weight yarn for the project. I'd get a second skein though just to be on the safe side, and if there's enough left over, you can make a matching hat.

[horusporus]

Hey, just so happens I'm making the same! (I'm adding fingers to make it a full glove - it's for a friend) In my case, I'm using Ella Rae Classic worsted; in your case, the merino wool that you found would work just as well.

Tbh, I think you can get away with just one skein, even in view of the alterations you're thinking of and the organic wool have more yardage than the Debbie Bliss. (If I may make a suggestion though, the cable row at the top, ie the one after 18 rows of 4x1 ribbing is to provide some elasticity so that the fingerless opening won't flop around too much. I fully agree about increasing the thumb row but if you still want to add a couple of cables at the top, you should correspondingly lessen the number of the 4x1 rib rows or else it would get too long, unless of course that's your intention. :D)

It's a very forgiving pattern in regards to gauge - the cabling around the wrists makes it tight in its unworn state and at the same time stretchy enough for most people when worn. This goes the same for the peasant thumb gusset that it uses. So, good luck!

[sporky_rat]

So dk won't work on this?

[sporky_rat]

You know, I should really learn to read the notes on Ravelry. I just answered my own question. But I get my first real usage of my new knitting icon. Except it's not knitting, it's Rome. What the hell.

[horusporus]

Lol, as long as it makes sense to you man. XD

Yes, go with your one skien

[jazzypom]

Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran is nice, but the yardage is pants, and if you want to make it, you have to make the cabled cuffs a bit shorter just to get two whole gloves. As long as the skien of yarn is over 90m in length, you're fine. If I were to do this again, I'd use the new plied heavy worsted malabrigoooo! YUM! :D

Re: Yes, go with your one skien

[sixbeforelunch]

Hee! I actually ended up using malabrigo worsted instead of the etsy yarn. They came out lovely. :)