don't you hate it when..

[cupcake]

you think you will have enough yarn to finish the project but you run out half way down the last row?

 

I have been teaching myself hairpin and decided I would make this gorgeous wrap that I found at Rachels CPC. (Man I love that place..)

 

http://www.coatsandclark.com/NR/rdonlyres/141844B2-BB0B-434F-9802-41C2C5C6A888/114380/WR1652.pdf

 

I have no idea what red heart soft is, and the hairpin tool I have is a pony size 4 which is in metric. It is hard estimating the yarn as our brands are quite different down here so I bought 3 balls of a 5 ply cotton/ acrylic mix I found at Lincraft. I figured that if 2 balls bake a large scaf/ small shawl then 3 oughta do it. I have made the 5 strips and am just about finished joining the last piece and I run out of yarn. The annoying thing is that I got it in Brisbane ( about an hour north of here) and wont be up there till later next week. I wanted sooo much to finish this on this long Easter weekend.

 

I have become rather hooked on this hairpin stuff, and the risk is that when I go back for the final ball of yarn to finish it off, I most surely with walk out with another 4 in a different colour. :D

Does that ever happen to anyone else?

[boksie]

Yes, that happens to me. I often buy yarn on sale or at clearance prices and just put it in my stash. When I've made rr afghans, I often have to "tweak" my design as I work it and I see how the yarn supply for it is holding out. Other times when I make slippers, I often will use partial skeins of yarn from other projects. When I run out of a color making them I will substitute something close from my stash and those slippers will be for me to wear around the house. Otherwise, if I had enough yarn they would have ended up in my "gift" drawer. Is there a way you could order the yarn and have it delivered to you?

[Arlinka]

What a pretty wrap!!! I would love to see a finished picture of yours.

There are so many times when I am making a blanket and then decide to enlarge it and run out of yarn & have to go back to the store for more.

Not only do I buy more of what I am using, I somehow always find a "good buy" on something and come home with much more than I intended!!!

Oh the woes of being a crocheter !!!!

[cupcake]

lol, I did think of buying it online however I need to make sure it is the same dyelot.

 

I look like Moby dick in White so I chose a royal blue for a change. I though the darker colour would be a bit more serviceable and I didnt want black as it is too hard to see.

 

http://lincraft.cart.net.au/details/2088826.html

 

When I finish I will show you all. I did make the strips shorter as I didnt want the thing flapping arround in the breeze and I couldnt fit any more loops on my hairpin thingame. I even weighed the yarn when I finished the second ball. The joining used more yarn than I estimated. Guess I will have to finish it next weekend.

[faedragon]

Even if the yarn brands are different, the pattern for this does tell how many grams and meters are in each ball of the specified yarn, and the yarn "weight". That should make it easier to find a substitution.

[tigermom]

I hate it when I'm making a "scrap" afghan to use up yarn and I run short to finish a row! Then the "scrap to use up yarn" afghan becomes "gotta buy more of that color" afghan. How is a girl ever going to use up all that yarn??

[Mom w/a Motif]

That is the story of my life!! I almost never have enough yarn to finish a project. Sometimes, even if I have the right amount the patterns states; I still don't have enough.

 

I can't wait to see your shawl. I have never tried hairpin lace. But it sounds pretty. Here is a link to the Coats and Clark website, with a picture of Red Heart Soft. It is under 'Medium' (worsted weight) yarns. To give you an idea (? maybe ?) of what weight it is/what it looks like ... The yarn you are using looks nice.

 

Tina

[Ladykats]

Oh I love that shawl, I have tryed hairpin lace before, I think I will try that pattern with some special yarn I have.... I have four hanks of the yarn that is multi-colored with 2 more hanks of similiar yarn in royal blue that I think may work with the color if needed to finish. But thanks so much for the link.. I am going to try and make that as well.

[LondonLaura]

I haven't actually run out of yarn recently, but something is in the air: Three times in as many weeks the ball of yarn has finished halfway across the last row, and it drives me nuts having to join a new ball for half a row.

 

That is nothing like as frustrating as literally running out of yarn though, so I send you sympathy

 

p.s. I use USA patterns a lot. If you look up the yarn from the pattern to get details of thickness, meterage etc, it can really help you find a substitute. Good luck!

[~Kel~]

oh I do hate that except that then I have the perfect excuse for buying more yarn LOL

[cupcake]

Well I got my extra balls last night. Thought I better get 2, plus I found some nice pumpkin coloured which I just couldnt resist. Kel you were right!

[CLLinda]

I just hate when you just need a little bit to finish up and you run out.

 

I was making a 5 stitch ruffle around a bottom of a dolly dress and I only had about two inches of the dress to finish and I ran out of yarn. So I tore the whole thing off and did a 4 stitch ruffle and had enough to finish.

 

My dad, at the time, couldn't believe that I did that. But I knew I wouldn't be able to match it, so I did the next best thing. Make the ruffle smaller. And it all worked out.

 

[bethintx1]

Sometimes I cheat when I only have a few stitches to go & I run out of yarn. I tear out a few stitches and *gasp* stretch the yarn! I don't recommend doing this unless you're desperate!

[cupcake]

Finished and posted here: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1710693#post1710693

[bethintx1]

Beautiful!!