Comments on: Eek! I Ran Out of Yarn! (Or How to Finish a Project with a Coordinating Color) http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/ News, Ideas and Information for Crafting with Yarn Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: cad programs http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-27798 cad programs Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:26:41 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-27798 cad programs…

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]]> By: Cheryl Martin http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-25400 Cheryl Martin Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:38:00 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-25400 I crochet or knit a few rows and weigh them.  Then I can multiply and see if I have enough yarn for the number of rows that I need.  I also use this at the end of a project sometimes.  I weigh what I have left, crochet or knit a row, weigh the leftover yarn again, and I know how many more rows I can do.

]]> By: Girafderheide http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-25395 Girafderheide Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:44:00 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-25395 If I’m beginning a new striped lap robe for a charity in my area and am unsure if I have enough yarn, I make the chain and crochet along one side, then do 2-3 sts in the last chain and work my way along the other side of the chain. Then I begin the stripes on one side for a bit and switch to the other side. That way I can add some additional colors if I need to and when I’m finished, I have a mirror image beautiful cozy robe for a shut-in.

]]> By: pat http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-25390 pat Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:23:00 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-25390 Years ago I made my first son a baby blanket.  I did have plenty of yarn with the same dye lot but it took on a striped kind of look as the white in the varigated wasn’t exactly the same.  Recently I had to buy more yarn for an afghan but since it was squares I could get away with it, especially since it was different colors.  Must be inventive when crafting.

]]> By: Diane Wiman http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-25360 Diane Wiman Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:29:00 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-25360 When knitting a hat on my peg loom, I used a bit of Vanna’s Choice on purpose for 9 rows before turning under the cuff. This saved the nice Tweed Stripes to be the outside of the hat, making a lovely pattern. Used the leftovers to knit a baby hat.

]]> By: Lolliff http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-25357 Lolliff Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:43:00 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-25357 I usually make a baby blanket and then make a stuffed animal with the scraps.  It makes a good gift.

]]> By: Donnaslittleloves http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-25356 Donnaslittleloves Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-25356 i ran out of yarn and went back to the store and it has been discontinued in all the stores, lucky me i found it on Aunt Annies yarn i ordered, i paid extra shipping to get it faster ya nt, got it in 1 1/2 weeks

]]> By: Ellen Stevenson http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-25353 Ellen Stevenson Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:26:00 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-25353 I was making a doily in bright yellow and ran out. Fortunately, I had some coordinating purple and it turned out beautiful.

]]> By: Calophi http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-25352 Calophi Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:20:00 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-25352 Couldn’t you copy and paste the article and email it to yourself? A lot of email programs will also copy all the links and formatting so you won’t lose too much of that when you copy and paste. Gmail is especially good at this, and I tested it just now and it even pasted in the picture.

]]> By: Erika Crick http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/08/29/eek-i-ran-out-of-yarn-or-how-to-finish-a-project-with-a-coordinating-color/comment-page-1/#comment-25350 Erika Crick Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:19:00 +0000 http://blog.lionbrand.com/?p=7415#comment-25350 I had just started to crochet when I decided to try a baby afghan for my cousin’s soon-to-be-born son.  I didn’t use a pattern, I just made it up as I went along…and since I preferred my blankets larger when I had my daughter I made it a pretty good-sized blanket.  Well, I get most of my yarn from my hometown variety store and when I went in to get a couple more skeins I was informed that was a discontinued color!  There was one skein left on the shelf, so I got another varigated color (that wasn’t discontinued) to match.  I made the middle of the blanket the newer color and each end in the discontinued color, with solid blue stripes running through the middle.  It turned out better than I’d originally planned!  In fact, when my boyfriend was looking at it he was like “This is one you MADE?”  Nothing raises a new seamstress’ spirits like a statment like that–especially since that was the first afghan I’d ever done!

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