I adore the Cloisonee pattern....I mean ADORE it! The cuff makes it look like a really tricky knit, but it's easy to read, just challenging enough to keep me awake, and the finished product is just lovely.
But the yarn I'm using......well......I keep trying to think of a gentle way to say this, but for the first time I feel like Knit Picks really let me down.
I wish I'd started this project back when I bought the yarn (about a year ago), because if I had, I would have sent Knit Picks a whiny e-mail and they probably would have done something about it. (Because their customer service has always been awesome.)
But, I waited so long that I wouldn't feel right about asking them for a refund now. The yarn is lovely to hold, soft and comfortable in your hands. But the number of breaks in it is just unspeakable. They're not complete breaks, usually 3 out of 4 plys. Just enough that I have to unknit enough stitches to leave myself enough of a tail to weave in, cut the remaining thread holding the yarn together, and start with a fresh length.
I've grumped and growled so much trying to get my second mitten knitted because of the gazillion ends I'm going to have to weave in when I'm finished with it. Not to mention that I've unknit nearly as much as I've knit just because of the icky yarn.
Knit Picks' Swish Worsted? Never again. Lesson learned. :-(
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