I dunno.
I may just be having the "I can't believe I haven't even finished one repeat yet" blues, but there may actually be a problem with my cardigan.
That is, I don't know if I like the background. See, in the pattern, the "dark lavender" color is used only for a few rows in the motif, at the very center, behind beige and ivory. Now, since clover appears to be discontinued and J&S sent me more dark lavender instead, I decided to just use that for the entire background of the flower motif. Purple heather, which is what I swatched (accidentally) is the background of the lesser motif.
Purple heather is an awesome color - complex and saturated and dark. Dark lavender is kind of dull, and it makes everything look a bit washed out. (This is really hard to photograph well, and I can't even adjust the colors properly, but you get the idea.)
The real problem is that I ordered this from England; returning it would mean, sending it back there, and I don't even know if they'll take returns. Plus, that's hours of work down the tubes, and I've already broke into one each of every skein.
I have three choices:
- stop now, and scrap the whole thing (maybe doing it in entirely different colors, which I wish I would have done in the first place), returning the yarn to J&S
- track down six skeins of clover and rip out that first half of the flower motif (probably the smart thing to do, but it will cost me at least $30 more to do so)
- keep going, at least until I get back to the purple heather section, so I can see how awful the striping is
Any other ideas?
Tipper @ 6:08 AM * link
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