Okay, so I’m test knitting a shawl. I like the shawl; it’s a pretty pattern and it looks very nice in the yarn I chose.
BUT. I ran out of yarn. I still have two and a half repeats of the lace pattern and I’m down to 4 grams of yarn, just enough for the bind off. I thought about binding off early, so I put the stitches on waste yarn, and I don’t think it’s long enough. I don’t want to spend $25 buying another skein of the green, so what now? I have a few options:
- Continue with a contrasting color or coordinating variegated
- Frog and reknit with a different size needle (But what size?? My gauge is right!)
- Reknit in a different yarn that I have more of
- Throw it in the corner and forget it about it
So tell me, what would you do??
bonnyknits 
I would continue knitting with a contrasting colour.
What about using two different yarns?
Could you elaborate? I am thinking about using a different yarn to continue the pattern, do you mean alternating two new colors to continue?
Oof, don’t you just hate it when you run out when you can finally see the end of the project? I’m a little bit of a perfectionist so I would frog the whole thing and start again with a yarn that I have more of. But maybe instead of that mess, pull back just the lace section and reknit that with a variegated yarn? I could see that turning out really great and it would add a bit more interest. 🙂
That’s what I’m thinking! I might do the lace in cream?
That sounds like a great idea – both the frogging back to the start of the lace and the cream 🙂
Here’s hoping they both go well!
I bet that’ll be lovely! Can’t wait to see the finished project! 🙂
I would go with a bright contrasting color. It will make the ends pop and you might like it even more than if it were all one color.
Hmm, so what bright contrasting color would you put with hunter green?
It looked blue, so I was thinking pink, but that would look gross with green. Light gray would look nice.
Yeah, I took photos this morning before I went to work & artificial lighting sucks. Someone else suggested gray too, so I might have to check that out.
I have been in this place and I was desperate so I just bought another skein. Switching to a different color wasn’t possible for the project I was knitting. For this one, I can see adding a new color so it’s striped near the bind off edge.
I’ve definitely been in that place and bought another skein! Some projects you just have to.
I would go with a co-ordinating yarn.
Okay, fingers crossed!
I think I would have dumped it into the UFO bin and never mentioned it again. But that’s not what I think you should do. You should continue with either a contrasting color or see if maybe someone on Ravelry has some leftovers in the same color they would swap (or sell). It’s really lovely and should see the light of day:)
Haha!! Believe me, I was tempted–if it wasn’t a test knit, it might have gone that way. And great minds think alike–I checked Ravelry the same night I realized I was running out, and alas, nothing in that color for trade or sale.
I would knit all of the lace in a white or cream to go with the hunter green.
That’s what I’m thinking too!
I would probably throw it in a corner and forget about it, but it sounds like you have a finishing plan! Way to go!
Haha, the thing saving it from the corner is the fact that it’s a test knit and I wanted to finish it for the designer!
I would definitely make it a feature and carry on with some contrasting yarn. After having a wee sulk, of course :p
Well, of course. The sulk was implied! 😉
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