Phildar Tendances Knitalong

A knitalong to translate and knit the beautiful sweater #20 from the Automne 05/06 issue of Phildar Tendances (French to English!)

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Karabella Aurora 8 sale

Hi,

If there is anyone out there who hasn't gotten yarn for their Tendances yet and is considering Aurora 8, Knit Happens is having it on sale at $5.99 per skein! The color will be limited but that's a very good price. Click here to get to the Aurora 8 page directly.

Edit: Oops, just realise a whole bunch of them are already sold out.

Saturday, December 03, 2005

Hello!

Hello! I just joined this KAL... I purchased this tendances a couple months ago because I wanted to make this sweater, but I was not able to find the yarn (quietude), and have been looking for substitutes. I am thinking about the following as substitutes:

- Jaeger Extra Fine Merino Aran Weight
- Jaeger Matchmaker Merino Aran Weight
- RYC Cashsoft Aran (Mole)
- maybe Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran?

It's very hard to find the similar color to the original one... I really like the color of the original sweater.

Now, I am wondering if I should order the original yarn from Holland, or I should use some substitute yarns from one of the above. Any suggestions? Thank you!