Used my oldest and least favorite yarn (finally)
I've had this bulky yellow yarn - Hue + Me - in my stash for so long. It was leftover from another project I made as a gift knit a few years ago, and then I bought 2 more skeins to have enough for a sweater. But I don't love yellow and I really don't love bulky yarn, so it just sat around forever. I tried using it for several bulky-weight patterns but never loved the fabric. Always too stiff for me. I think it's more between bulky and super bulky, and I could never find something I liked for it.
I started a cable cardigan a few months ago using this yarn, but it was a heavily modified version of a free pattern and i wasn't enjoying it. I wasn't sure it would fit, or even work out the way it did in my head at the time. So, I frogged it and made this instead! The pattern is Winter League Pullover. It was designed using this yarn so I knew the gauge/fabric would be OK, but it just always seemed boring to me. I like to knit lace/texture most and don't usually make things in plain stockinette. But, bulky yarn means it was quick to knit and I'm happy to have gotten 5 big skeins from my long-ignored stash section out!
Big thanks to the desktop version of Ravelry- there is a feature to browse projects made with specific yarn, which is so helpful if you're struggling to find a pattern for long-ignored yarn like this!
I've had this bulky yellow yarn - Hue + Me - in my stash for so long. It was leftover from another project I made as a gift knit a few years ago, and then I bought 2 more skeins to have enough for a sweater. But I don't love yellow and I really don't love bulky yarn, so it just sat around forever. I tried using it for several bulky-weight patterns but never loved the fabric. Always too stiff for me. I think it's more between bulky and super bulky, and I could never find something I liked for it.
I started a cable cardigan a few months ago using this yarn, but it was a heavily modified version of a free pattern and i wasn't enjoying it. I wasn't sure it would fit, or even work out the way it did in my head at the time. So, I frogged it and made this instead! The pattern is Winter League Pullover. It was designed using this yarn so I knew the gauge/fabric would be OK, but it just always seemed boring to me. I like to knit lace/texture most and don't usually make things in plain stockinette. But, bulky yarn means it was quick to knit and I'm happy to have gotten 5 big skeins from my long-ignored stash section out!
Big thanks to the desktop version of Ravelry- there is a feature to browse projects made with specific yarn, which is so helpful if you're struggling to find a pattern for long-ignored yarn like this!