I've got in my stash almost 2,000 metres of Schoeller Esslinger yarn called Palma, which is 100% cotton, mercerized and singed (whatever that means). It's about a sport weight and is nice and satiny.
It's similar to Patons Grace, and I'm told that it'll work up approximately the same way.
Now, since I've got enough for a sweater for myself (and then some, I think), I'm wondering if it's truly a good option for a sweater. Does this type of cotton end up stretching and sagging? The saleslady at the yarn/craft store used it for a tank top, but she used it doubled, and it was stretchy and saggy. This is NOT my style :)
So I'm turning to the RCTY experts: Will this type of yarn make a sweater that will keep it's shape? Or should I make a wrap or something similar out of it? I was hoping to make a sweater for work, since it works up so beautifully and is wonderfully satiny soft (I've used it for a scarf for my DD and it seems to stretch quite willingly), but a wrap or stole would probably work well, too.
I was thinking that keeping the sleeves above the elbow would eliminate elbow sagging, and that wrap styling would perhaps eliminate waist/hipline sagging. Perhaps? But what I was really hoping to make was this baseball-shirt style with the sleeves shortened to 3/4 length and some waist definition added: