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FIND ME A PATTERN, PLEASE!

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I just bought four skeins of this utterly delicious yarn:

Berroco Sox Metallic

Each 100 gram skein contains 380 yards (350 meters) of yarn and suggests a 3.25 hook.  Care is machine wash warm, lay flat to dry.  Fiber content is 73% Superwash Wool, 25% Nylon, and 2% other fiber (??).  It has a lovely hand and the colorway is mauves/purples/pinks (my fave).

So, what do I make with it?  With a total of 1,520 yards, I have a lot of options.  For a sweater, I’d need a size large.  I don’t really ‘need’ a shawl or scarf/hat set.  I won’t make socks!  So, I need some ideas.

Can you suggest a pattern for me?  Links to a pattern online or the name of a book containing the pattern would be most helpful.  Send me  your ideas PLEASE!

PS:  To see all the colors this yarn comes in, check this site:

http://www.berroco.com/shade_cards/sox_metallic_sh.html

Comments

  5. Have you checked out the work in Knits from a Painter’s Palette: Modular Masterpieces in Handpainted Yarn? I love that book.
    Maybe you could get an idea from in there…I don’t have it handy right near me and I’m sort of on the way out to run errands or I’d get it from my storage and run through all the patterns in there. They have everything from vests, shawls, sweaters, coats, etc. I think worked in modular form…that yarn would make scrumptious little squares…
    Karen

  11. I would put it together off white or black for the border and make something with yo-yo’s

  12. If anyone has a crochet pattern for a fishing boat please send it to me. Thank you, Vicky.

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Shock Wave Free Crochet Lap Blanket Pattern

This Free Shock Wave Crochet Lap Blanket Pattern from Mary Maxim looks like one of those wonderfully satisfying projects that gives big cozy payoff without fiddly detail. Mary Maxim lists it as a free download, designed as a crochet afghan/lap blanket, with a finished size of 45 x 50 inches.

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