Mad impulse buy (beautiful yarn!) - what do you think?

My grandmother was an avid knitter and made me many many beautiful things and every now and again I was given a striped top, very similar to the one above, which was an amalgamation of the left over wool from the previous ones - how I wish I had kept them.

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Doodledog

Does the label tell you how many yards/metres the skeins have? That is a far better indicator of what you can make than the weight, as weight varies hugely depending on the composition of the yarn.

Yes, approx. 450 yards each - they are pretty hefty skeins. There were many of half the size on the stall. Yarn looks like fairly standard DK thickness.

I've had a quick look on Ravelry and depending on the size you might get a plain jumper out of 900 yards (up to a 36" chest if it's not too long), but you might be better off with a short-sleeved one, or a blanket/throw if you don't fancy a scarf. There's nothing worse than worrying that you are going to run out of yarn before finishing something.

Alternatively, if you can find a plain yarn that picks out one of the colours in yours, you could use that for rib cuffs and neckline to make the coloured yarn go further and take some of the stress out of it.

Thank you for taking the trouble, Doodledog - I think I’ll probably make the sleeveless one anyway - it’s something I’d wear quite a bit (will go nicely with my winter ‘uniform’ of navy or dark green jeggings) and it won’t matter if there’s any left over - it can go into a blanket (I have a large multicoloured one on the go) or a twiddle muff.

Sorry - I was forgetting (or overlooking) the fact that you already have a pattern .

I bought some similar to that. I knitted a little lamb with it.

FoghornLeghorn

I bought some similar to that. I knitted a little lamb with it.

That is so sweet! ?

karmalady

I spin and always skein my yarn, then tie in a few places so that the yarn remains in the skein, do the gentle hand wash. Thwack hard on a chair outside while soaking wet, to relax the staples and twist in the yarn. I would do that as it may well not have been done. Then hang draped over a coat hanger to drip dry. You will get a better, more accurate knitting result. All you need is a co-operative person with hands stretched out to make the skeins

Or an upturned small coffee table with nice legs to wrap around!
My siblings and I must have kept shrinking the gap, so mum turned to something more solid for making her skeins. The middle of a nest of three tables, which also later became great for supporting her muslin pillowcase when jam making! ??

karmalady

I spin and always skein my yarn, then tie in a few places so that the yarn remains in the skein, do the gentle hand wash. Thwack hard on a chair outside while soaking wet, to relax the staples and twist in the yarn. I would do that as it may well not have been done. Then hang draped over a coat hanger to drip dry. You will get a better, more accurate knitting result. All you need is a co-operative person with hands stretched out to make the skeins

karmalady I do almost the same - spin and skein my yarn, tie in a few places, twist it and do the gentle hand wash, then I put the still twisted skein into one of those net bags meant for washing bras and give it a washing-machine spin. I untwist it, give it a "whip-shake" with the ties still on, and dry it hung over a towel-rail with a soup tin in the bottom loops as a weight to straighten the kinks.