Stash diving for Jiffy cardigan yarn

AGH!!!!!!!!!! that was the sound of me screaming! After my blog post yesterday deciding how much more I liked the 'Mulled Wine' wool yarn in the Jiffy stitch pattern .... I don't have enough. I bought the yarn for the Spring cardigan which uses about 1250 yds for a medium (I have about 1600 yds). The Jiffy cardigan needs almost double that at 2430 yds for a medium. I guess it makes sense that the Jiffy uses so much more (I just wasn't thinking). The Spring Cardigan is a more fitted sweater, shorter in length and uses alternating rows of dc & sc as opposed to clusters of (sc, ch2, sc) in the longer, boxier Jiffy cardigan. Clearly my brain was on vacation.

So I raided the stash last night searching for large quantities. I came up with 2 options (well really 3 but I quickly decided not to steal the wool bought for dh's sweater - it's bad enough that I haven't made his socks!). First I found some Red Heart SS in Aran (10 - 8 oz skeins) - destined for a family room afghan, but put into stash after I decided the original pattern was too airy - still searching for another pattern. Second I have 12 skeins (7 oz) of Simply Soft in Dark Sage - this was purchased on a bulk sale with thoughts of a sweater for me. But in the package with indoor lighting the color just didn't wow me (it seemed almost a little too olive-y green) so into stash with plans to become a sweater for my son for next year. Anyway, I grabbed both and I swatched...again. I think I've been spoiled by a lot of "good" yarn lately. I'm sure the RH Aran will make a great afghan and will soften with washing, but it felt like sandpaper last night. I used an H hook like I had with the KnitPicks wool and the Aran swatch was stiff and too big. It would have been even stiffer if I had gone down a hook size. The Simply Soft was so soft and right on gauge (I know I didn't do too many rows, but row for row it lines right up with the earlier wool swatch). I went to sleep last night still not sure what to do.... I'm not going to make myself a sweater in a color I don't like!!

Well, in the light of day (literally!), I've decided I love the dark sage after all. And, there should be enough of it to still make my son a sweater as well!