This is kind of proving a point, I mentioned in my last post that I had found a couple of projects in the Crochet so Fine book. One of them is a hooded cardigan that I really like the look of (lets see if I can do it justice!).
The pattern calls for "lace weight" yarn, and names the variety used in the photos - unfortunatly it is a brand that is not available in the UK so I have set about trying to find something that will do.
So lace weight yarn is 0 - 3ply - so I thought I'd start with 1ply yarn. I found some at Buttercup Miniatures
So I got myself 1 skein to see if it would do the job. The hook size called for is 3.5 mm.
I created the swatch required for measuring the guage and it was WAY too small - so I tried again and used a 4 mm hook, better but still too small.
So I have just bought a 3ply yarn to try it out and see if the size is right, the colours aren't as good but I'll worry about that if the guage is OK.
I think we should start laying bets now on me acutally needing 2ply yarn !!!
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