October 10, 2004Needed: Rowan Cotton Glace, Shade 810 (Splendor), Dye Lot 8K2I know this is a long shot, but I am making this cardigan:  With this yarn:  I have a body, a sleeve and all but a few rows of a second sleeve, but I have no more yarn - yikes! Rowan lied to me. I was suspicious when they said that the vest version of this sweater would take 6 skeins of cotton glace and the cardigan would require only 7. Even with 3/4 sleeves that seemed skimpy. Still, I hoped against hope because I love this beautiful french blue color and I wanted the version with sleeves. We only had 7 skeins in stock at the Knit Cafe, so there wasn't an option to buy an 8th skein. Anyway, here I am for the very first time in my knitting history without enough yarn to finish, and I am begging any and everyone to check their stashes and see if they happen to have this color and this dye lot of cotton glace. If not, I can get ahold of it in the wrong dyelot pretty easily, but I'd really rather not if I can avoid it. If you have anywhere from a half skein to a skein that you'd be willing to part with, drop me a note in the comments. I'm willing to pay or trade. I've got good stash! Here's hoping! Posted by Julia at October 10, 2004 01:44 PMIn main
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There is a list, my mom knows it, that you can post dye lots, etc. My mom did it for Kidsilk Haze and got it. I will ask her tomorrow. Posted by: Kathleen at October 13, 2004 05:52 PMThat is a beautiful cardigan your making! I LOVE fitted! Posted by: Eilene at October 12, 2004 03:38 PMThis could be a long shot, but perhaps a contact at Rowan (since you worked at the Knit Cafe) can be contacted and they can look up which stores the dye lot was sent to? I am sure that if they heard your story they would try to help. I would think they have a list somewhere of which dye lots go to certain stores. Just a thought incase you hadn't already thought of it. Good luck! Posted by: Amanda at October 12, 2004 07:41 AMGood luck finding it. I ran out of yarn on a dale sweater on the bind off row. It is currently bound off in a different color :( Until I can unpack all my stuff and find my swatch then I can go back and rebind off 10 stitches. (So I'm not as much of a bind as you, but I totally feel your pain.) Posted by: Jessi at October 12, 2004 04:26 AMHi Julia-- Sorry I cant help you. I am always so paranoid about running out of yarn. I dont mind mixing 2-rows each of different dyelots, but I know it doesnt always work well on super-solid colors like cotton glace. I love that pattern, by the way, and have been eyeing it since I got the big Rowan treasury. Sorry I can't help...I'm amazed though that someone can...kudos, Jill...I guess rowan makes big lots. I have that dye lot, but not a full ball of it. Shoot me an email and we'll see if you can use it. Posted by: Jill at October 11, 2004 04:25 AM |