Oh brother! Serves me right! Got a ton of Lion Brand chenille for $2 a skein at the local Ocean State Job Lot store. Gorgeous stuff, but it's giving me fits to work with! No, not "worming"--Sizing!
I was in Fat City while making a lovely ribbed scarf. My troubles began when I decided to make a hat to go with it. I tried following the free pattern at Lion Brand website for a hat using this yarn--came out sized to fit a child even though an adult was pictured wearing it. I have a terrible time SEEING my stitches, let alone gauging them with this yarn. Ok. Frogged it. Started again. Used larger needles. Same problem. Ugh. Rip rip rip. One more time....same-o. Sigh. Ended up trashing the pattern and used size 10-1/2 DPNs to rib in the bottom, inventing numbers out of my head to make it fit a real person for a change. Got sick of working on the DPNs and switched to 9's circular, picking up in the middle of a lovely beret pattern I've made before. It seems to be coming out very nicely.
But good grief! I can't go through this every time I go to work with the stuff! No way can I see the stitches clearly enough in chenille to do a gauge first. Any suggestions for next time? Thanks! Wendy