Pros:
- I like the fabric it makes, and think it will make a nice sweater or cardigan.
- It's a good price ($2.75/50g ball).
- It's machine washable
- It's wool.
- I could use a few more sweaters
- I'd really like another cardigan, less baggy than my previous one.
- The yarn is on sale, and may disappear soon.
Cons:
- I have a bunch of "projects in waiting" that should be done before I buy yarn for yet another project.
- I may find another nice yarn at a similar or better price.
- I've been spending too much money lately, especially on yarn.
- I don't know how many balls I'd need for this unknown sweater/cardigan.
*sigh*
So, my friendly readers... if you're buying yarn for your stash to eventually make a sweater, how much do you buy?
4 comments:
I used to know a forumla for it, but now I can't remember! It was yardage/meterage based.
I do know that you can basically take a sweater you currently have that you like the fit of and weigh it and from that you can pretty much gauge how much yarn you need.
[I bought yarn to make a sweater for myself and I bought 12 hanks (complete overkill, even for an XL sweater) of 4oz (241 yd) ww yarn from beaverslide dry goods. I know I am going to have leftovers! ]
Thanks! Hmmm... I wonder if my grocery store will mind me putting a few sweaters on their produce scales... ;)
I've overbought for all my sweaters so far too... for my purple stripe sweater ("Vertigo"), I bought 10 100g balls, and used less than 8. For my red turtleneck sweater, I bought 8 6oz balls, and only used 6. If I do buy this yarn, I'll probably make sure to have extra... extra is better than not quite enough! ;)
Extra yarn is always better silly girl!! My first thought when I petted the EMU superwash was some yummy warm winter house socks, but haven't started them yet. Yep - I say go ahead and order it - you can always use leftovers in the afghan, right?
I think I'm teetering towards getting it! ;) And I figured out how to calculate how much I need... I weighed that square of plain sc! It's 7"x7", and weighs 25g. Now I just need to figure out what area I want to make my sweater, and I'm all set! (I like being a math person!)
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