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| angieknitsagain |
Opinions needed for FCS shawlI need advice from my style guru's here
I'm making a FCS for mum's Christmas in Fyberspates Scrumptious DK (and it truly is scrumptious to work with ... not that I want to enable anyone  ). I'm using the Moss shade and reckon I'll have enough to do a further repeat - but that will leave me with the scalloped edge and cast off to do 
Do you reckon I should order another hank of the Moss, and hope it matches reasonably well - or go for a complete contrast and use the self coloured biscuit shade? Here's the link for the colours http://www.laughinghens.com/knitting-wool-yarn.asp?yarnid=640 What do you think  ??? And thanks for any guidance...
Angela x |
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| cazzie |
The ones that I have seen with a different colour edge look really good
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| dreamcatcher |
Those are gorgeous colours I've done a contrast bind-off on my first FCS, due to running out of yarn, and I loved how it looked. I'm not really sure about doing the whole of the edging in a contrast though - I think it's one of those personal preference things, some people will love it
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| Glynis |
Just my own opinion, and due mostly to the fact that I LOVE that Moss colour, I would order another hank and then split the hank into two. Then you could do the last repeat(s) with three balls of yarn on the go (two + the original) changing the ball each row to give a smooth colour transition.
I've not tried it myself with DK on a shawl, but I did it all the way through on a 4ply one because I'd three very different-looking "same" hanks. I had a scary moment when I thought the changes of ball might have led to an edge that was too firm to block properly, but it all worked fine, though another time I'd make sure I kept my edge stitch a little bit looser. |
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| murdo |
I think the same as Glymis 
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| slowasasnail |
Me too! | ||
| melody yarns |
And me! | ||
| Aknita |
On the other hand - why go for an extra repeat? You can always just add extra border rows then until you have to cast off. I regularly knit 10 border rows instead of 8, and this one ( ravelry link ) has a border with 18 rows and a contrasting bind off.
A skein of DK should have given you a reasonably sized FCS so you shouldn't NEED an extra repeat. If you do go for a second skein, of course you'd then keep on going wouln't you, until it was time to knit the border and cast off again. So you'd end up with a larger shawl altogether. I used two skeins of Colinette DK recently for Franney's FCS, ( it has similar meterage to the DK you're using ) it's surprising how the pattern just eats up that second skein you know. |
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| angieknitsagain |
I knew I'd get great advice from the FCS guru's here !
I'm plumping for another skein of the Moss shade to finish off. Hopefully, there'll be enough left over to do a FC cowl. (Whoops, the pattern fell into my trolley )
Off to order now and can't wait to see how it looks after it's blocked. Thanks all for your help
And, Joy, your linked FCS in Bonny is just glorious! Angela x |
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| cazzie |
Oooo I hadnt seen the FC Cowl before - might have to order the pattern too
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| angieknitsagain |
Glad to be of enabling assistance, Cazzie . It looks a lovely pattern.
Angela x |
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