Comments on: Which Base?

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:37:27 +0000

I would get one of the bases that have linen and rayon in it. Linen because it is hygroscopic is cooler than cotton. Knitting an all linen yarn is like knitting string but if you added in the rayon it’s much more pleasant to use.

By: Barbra

Barbra — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:54:26 +0000

I think I would go for Harbor in DK maybe a size smaller than you think you need since it calls for sport? Hopefully won’t matter too much since it’s a cardigan. It’s lovely! I would pick the linen cotton blend to hopefully mitigate the fact of how much cotton can stretch and lose shape.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:47:11 +0000

In reply to Cheryl M. Yes, Monocacy is beautiful and appears to have more white than the others, which would work well with your pattern. Also, the name is cool.

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 16:04:53 +0000

I would go with whichever cotton/linen blend you can get a good gauge with, and that you like the drape of. Very pretty pattern, and I love the colorway.

By: Cheryl M

Cheryl M — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 05:18:26 +0000

In reply to Jess. I’m seconding the monocracy. I think it will be beautiful.

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 21:28:33 +0000

I crochet (because I can’t purl worth a damn) In Scotland we get very long, very chilly dark winters and Aran weight yarn is perfect weight for all things cardigan and sweater.
We have a slightly different metrics for yarn weights, lace, dk, Aran to name the most popular UK weights, I love vintage patterns but found the weights listed like sport and baby weight confusing so I did extensive research and after much trial and error (mostly error) and many, many tension swatches later I found the solution to my dilemma. So if I was recreating a vintage pattern that listed sport weight yarn, I could use a dk weight yarn and add a single strand of lace weight yarn like Rowan kid silk haze in a neutral colour so it blends seamlessly together which will bring up the yarn weight up to sport.
If in doubt play around with several yarn blends, cotton is smoother light weight, whereas mohair blends are fluffier so adds bulk but not necessarily weight to the fabric. Best bet is to do tension swatches in pattern with many different yarns from your yarn stash and see which one is closest to pattern tension gauge as nothing is as soul destroying than spending weeks on a project only to find the tension is a mile off and the garment won’t fit, (yes I am the wise voice of experience on that goof up) and needed to rip out an entire bodice worth of yarn and restart my project. It’s a good idea when using two strands to glance over your stitches at the end of a row/round to make sure both strands were knitted/hooked together…Yup, made that mistake too and had to rip out five inches worth of solid fabric to correct that blunder but experience made me a better hooker. Looking forward to seeing the finished masterpiece. Happy Stitching!

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:30:28 +0000

DK would work because of the lace pattern, but (I live in Houston) I would go with sport or fingering.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:07:58 +0000

I like touching yarn to get an idea of what I’m doing, but from the picture I like Chesapeake or Severn best