I now have TARDIS yarn! It's Caron Simply Soft in Dark Country Blue. I think I might need to exchange it, though, because now that I look at it, it seems too dark--it's nearly navy.
If you ever do get the chance, there's a fantastic yarn/knitting store/showroom in downtown Lewisburg that just opened called "Mad About Ewes." I went with a few friends to-day and we were all drooling over the yarn and suchlike. They actually had a yarn that I think was exactly TARDIS-coloured, but it was 100% wool and I want my TARDIS to be cuddly. It also was around $6 or $7 per skein, and since it isn't dimensionally transcendent, I'd have to get several.
I found a gorgeous blue-grey yarn (the same type as the TARDIS-coloured one) that I think I'm going to pick up eventually to make a bag I saw in my KnitPicks catalog. It looks like it might be a good learn-to-cable project. Although, it calls for chunky yarn and I think the blue-grey yarn is only worsted.
I did check the knittinghelp.com videos about stranding. Do you actually do it the way she suggests and knit Continental-y with one hand and English-y with the other? Because I tried teaching myself Continental and it didn't work so well. I think I'm using the other technique penwiper337 suggested, i.e. making the panels with texture instead of a different colour.
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Date: 2007-03-25 03:11 am (UTC)If you ever do get the chance, there's a fantastic yarn/knitting store/showroom in downtown Lewisburg that just opened called "Mad About Ewes." I went with a few friends to-day and we were all drooling over the yarn and suchlike. They actually had a yarn that I think was exactly TARDIS-coloured, but it was 100% wool and I want my TARDIS to be cuddly. It also was around $6 or $7 per skein, and since it isn't dimensionally transcendent, I'd have to get several.
I found a gorgeous blue-grey yarn (the same type as the TARDIS-coloured one) that I think I'm going to pick up eventually to make a bag I saw in my KnitPicks catalog. It looks like it might be a good learn-to-cable project. Although, it calls for chunky yarn and I think the blue-grey yarn is only worsted.
I did check the knittinghelp.com videos about stranding. Do you actually do it the way she suggests and knit Continental-y with one hand and English-y with the other? Because I tried teaching myself Continental and it didn't work so well. I think I'm using the other technique