I've joined in with the Denim People knitalong with Polly and Eva, starting in July. I haven't yet decided what to knit though. I have 10 balls of Rowan Denim in the Nashville colourway in my stash that I would very much like to use. I bought it ages ago for a baby cable-y thing that I just didn't get along with so no chance of matching the dye-lot.
Now 10 balls doesn't go very far for an adult sweater and not many of the designs use such a small amount and I've spent some time (probably too much) trying to weigh up my options.
I like Picot, on the left, (haven't yet done a picot cast-on and would like to try it) which only uses 6 balls in my size but I'm a bit iffy about the shoulders.
I could do Bret, reverse the stripes and buy another 10 balls of Memphis but I'm having trouble picturing this as a girl sweater without the Boris Becker lookalike inside it.
I really like Nova but not those dangly crocheted flowers (same goes for the dangly bits on Picot - what's with that?) and thought I could rehash it by lengthening the body a little and shortening the sleeves but would 10 balls cover it ? I'm too impatient to knit to do the maths plus it's a bit of a re-design isn't it?
Another idea - do Vintage and stripe it with the Nashville and extra Tennessee or maybe Nashville and extra Ecru - too nautical??
So what to do? Anyone know of any cute designs anywhere else that only uses 10 balls of Denim - just to muddy (or should that be blueify..) the waters even more?
By the way, Driving Over Lemons by Chris Thingy is a good read. If you ever get the chance to kick over the traces and take off for the good life, just do it. We did last year - best move we ever made....
you could make picot and give it some little sleeves - since you have more than the yarn required. otherwise i like vintage best of your choices i think.
Posted by: carolyn at July 1, 2004 03:06 PMI agree; vintage is best. Pair it with Memphis or Tennessee because Ecru will definitely make it too nautical. Hmm, didn't find anything else in Rowan's Denim that you could make for 10 balls.... Go vintage!
P.S.: I'm actually MJ #2 (Mary Joy); my big sis who turned 36 is MJ #1 (Mary Jane). I'll tell her my knitblog pals said hi!
Posted by: MJ at July 1, 2004 04:52 PMMe 3 ! I,too,like Vintage best.Very much in fact.
Posted by: Emma at July 1, 2004 11:36 PMVintage is great, and I really like Picot.
Posted by: Becky at July 2, 2004 08:46 PMI love Nova but sympathise over the redesign and yarn amounts quandary - so my next favourite is Vintage. Probably in Nashville and Tennessee rather than with the ecru.
I've finished Driving Over Lemons and it was good - a really enjoyable, amusing escapist read. One day it'll be us !
Posted by: Heather at July 3, 2004 10:37 AMVintage. If I was a little (OK a lot) slimmer, I would do vintage... I love it and it would look fab on you!
Posted by: P at July 4, 2004 08:26 PM