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Posted: Aug 29 2007 at 11:43pm | IP Logged Quote Kristie 4
For the knitters out there....
I have bought over the year two bundles of great wool dirt cheep at the second hand store. They are both pure wool and great colors (These kind of finds keep me happy for weeks )

But I have had a very hard time finding a pattern to use with the first batch of very chunky wool- I have already ripped out half of a man's sweater that I didn't like the way it turned out. Does anyone create their own patterns, or have any fave books or websites for figuring this out??

Apologies if the post is a bit fuzzy....amazing what posting in the middle of the night can do

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Posted: Aug 30 2007 at 12:14am | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Kristie,

It depends what you're gauge is giving you ... and is the wool 100%? I design many of my own, so I can probably draft something for you -- do you want a man/woman/child sweater or something else? Do you want a home accessory?

Why don't you post a picture of what you've got and we can go from there?

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Posted: Aug 30 2007 at 2:21pm | IP Logged Quote Kristie 4
Thanks Mary, hoping you would answer

I have to give some attention real time here, so I will post the gauge and a picture of the wool tonight. It is 100% and I wanted to make dh a sweater for Christmas (or a vest-his choice)

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Posted: Sept 15 2007 at 12:12am | IP Logged Quote Kristie 4
I still haven't had a chance to do the gauge (we had company all week) and my camera is on the fritz

Sorry about the delay Mary, I will post when I get a chance!

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Kristie,

You can find online sweater (jumper) calculators like this one, which will help you make a pattern for a sweater using any size wool.

I was given some gorgeous sock-weight wool from Brian's memere's stash when she moved from the homestead to the nursing home. There were three enormous cones, one oatmeal, one cream, one chocolate brown.

Why do my descriptions always come down to food? Hmmm.   

Have fun!

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Posted: Sept 21 2007 at 9:02am | IP Logged Quote Mary G
nissag wrote:
You can find online sweater (jumper) calculators like this one, which will help you make a pattern for a sweater using any size wool.
Nissa, this is a great site -- I like that she's added a yardage calculator, too! If you need something to cuddle with at night, though, I love the Ann Budd books:   The Knitter's Handy Book of Knitting Patterns and her The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns ... these books are fabulous for sparking creativity and doing the math for you ... she's got clean, clear instructions and she makes the process of designing from scratch -- with any weight yarn or any gauge -- very doable.

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