[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Silver Birch Cardigan Class

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

Sounds pretty!
I love blue!

Terry



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Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Silver Birch Cardigan Class

Hi again,

I just called Herrschners customer service and they helped me place my order. I am going to use a yarn called rain drop. It is denim blue, royal, and 2 other blues. I just don't like gray. I got expedited delivery so it should be here by Friday. 

I looked on amazon, and all of the different colors were different prices from $7.50 to $10. Thanks for letting me know about the sale. I got an extra skein just in case I need a little more.

Thanks for the info.
Bernice

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From: NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Dorothea Martin via NFB-Krafters-Korner
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 10:10 AM
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Cc: Dorothea Martin <bestsinger at samobile.net>
Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Silver Birch Cardigan Class

Hello, Bernice,
I gave quite a bit of thought to this when I ordered my yarn because getting the Premier DK Colors yarn meant that I would have to have it sent internationally to me here in Albania. Most of the time I just buy whatever yarn I can find locally in the same weight class as the pattern. However, I looked up the silver birch tree, on which the Silver Birch stitch is based and found that this tree has a silver-colored bark which looks like it is peeling off in little silvery ribbons. This tree also has triangular leaves which turn yellow in the autumn. Then I found a pattern for a Silver Birch Leaf hat that has a knitted motif like the triangular leaves. I bought this pattern, made the hat in the lilac-colored worsted yarn that I bought locally for practice and decided to make the sleeve cuffs and the band that goes up the front and around the neck on the sweater in this motif and in the Premier Yarns DK Colors that most closely matches the yellow color of the silver birch leaves. I bought a skein of DK Colors Peach Pie for this part of my sweater. Since making the sweater is different for each person and will have to be taught as individual tutorials after the first two classes, I would be glad to help you if you wish to take this approach. Then again, you might wish to make the sweater in another color just as I first made the hat that should have been yellow in lilac-colored yarn. I would hope that you would try the DK Colors yarn, though, because I find it to be the nicest acrylic I have ever used. It has been made by some new method so that people who are generally allergic to acrylic yarn should be able to wear this. That is all a long-winded way of saying that you might go either way.
Dotty

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