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The Koigu modular UFO has been completely ripped. Most of it is skeined and some it has been washed and dried. There are two sets of Koigu - unused partial and complete skeins, and used partials with knots from the ripped modular work. I don¡¯t have a good idea yet of how much of each I have but I think I started with 8 colors of Koigu that each had the same purple in them. I may have had 2 skeins of some colors. I¡¯ll weigh everything once is it all washed and dried.?

I am thinking of Leftie (
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For the unused yarn, I am considering Now In A Minute (<>). Again, I¡¯ll have to weigh the yarn to see if I have enough.

This way the Leftie will be the memory of my mother - knots and all - because the original shawl had a lot of work done on it when she was ill and I was accompanying her to doctors¡¯ appointments, sitting in the hospital, etc. The rest will just be a nice shawl to give as a gift or use. I¡¯ll keep the Leftie.?

Any other ideas? I didn¡¯t like most of the other designs I saw in Koigu because they look too busy. There is one shawl called Burrow that looks rather nice but it also has a strand of KSH held with it and I don¡¯t think I have enough of any KSH to go with these. I might have a blue in the Elann equivalent and I might see how that looks with the Koigu.
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Jaya
 

You've got three real winners.? Now In A Minute may be my favorite.

Mary
 

I have 10 skeins of Koigu, 3 unused. That is more than I need for the Leftie and the Now In A Minute together. Leftie is about 200 g of yarn and NIAM uses 6 skeins of 25 g each. My Koigu PPPM skeins are 50 g each.

The Burrow Wrap (<>) uses 9 skeins of Koigu. I don't have 6 skeins of KSH or equivalent in one color but if I have 2 skeins of 3 colors, I think I could make it work. Unfortunately?I can't buy the pattern except as a pretty expensive ebook so I will make up my own to get a similar look. Off to find the Elann KSH equivalent stash!

On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 5:02 PM mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5=[email protected]> wrote:
You've got three real winners.? Now In A Minute may be my favorite.

Mary



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Jaya
 

Here's the set. I think I like it. I had 5 balls of the Elann Silken Kydd - 3 in blue and 2 in green. I also found a partial ball of blue silk. Here are the 10 skeins lined up with the mohair/silk and silk. I'm attaching 2 photos. One of all of them lined up and the other a closer in shot of the Koigus. The 2 skeins on the far right of the top photo are repeated on the left in the bottom. They are the ones with the red in them. I put the other yarns where I think they go best with the Koigu.

I think I am just going to start with a provisional CO, do an icord edge as I knit on both sides and then do an icord BO on the two short sides. I don't think I need a picot edge border. I'll put the knotted yarns next to each other when they occur that way so there are textural stripes also.?

I'm just now sure how wide to make it. 15"? 18"?

On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 9:42 AM Jaya Srikrishnan via Groups.Io <ermabom=[email protected]> wrote:
I have 10 skeins of Koigu, 3 unused. That is more than I need for the Leftie and the Now In A Minute together. Leftie is about 200 g of yarn and NIAM uses 6 skeins of 25 g each. My Koigu PPPM skeins are 50 g each.

The Burrow Wrap (<>) uses 9 skeins of Koigu. I don't have 6 skeins of KSH or equivalent in one color but if I have 2 skeins of 3 colors, I think I could make it work. Unfortunately?I can't buy the pattern except as a pretty expensive ebook so I will make up my own to get a similar look. Off to find the Elann KSH equivalent stash!

On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 5:02 PM mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5=[email protected]> wrote:
You've got three real winners.? Now In A Minute may be my favorite.

Mary



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Jaya



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Jaya

Koigu 4 all blended.JPG
Koigu 3 all.jpg

 

I think that will definitely work.? All the colors, including the mohair mix is very harmonious.

It's going to be beautiful.

Mary.
 

Thank you Mary.?

I just remembered that I might have some balls of yellow KSH from Janice somewhere. If I have enough in one color, I may use that. yellow will go with purple.?

But if not, this is it. Once I finish the projects for next year¡¯s Rhinebeck classes. I need photos of them to submit the proposals so I have to make them now.?

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 1:24 PM mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5=[email protected]> wrote:
I think that will definitely work.? All the colors, including the mohair mix is very harmonious.

It's going to be beautiful.

Mary.

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Jaya

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