New Blue & Green Yarn (what to make with it?) & Pattern Find (search is over!)

Hi everyone!


I did something wild and crazy the other day and bought a huge cone size 4/2 cotton yarn described as having 9.53 to 9.91 POUNDS of yarn on the cone.

I have very large hands for a girl and this is what the cone looks like from the side view:





Here is a view of the top of the cone:

 

And, here is how small / large the yarn size is (about the size of 2 strands of size 10 thread held together)

I wanted to see how accurate a description the item was given on the weight and so I placed it on our scale.  This is one of those doctor's office scales which can weigh from 1 to 500 pounds.  It's a SECA brand scale - an older model but it works just fine.


Well, I set the sliders to zero to make sure that everything was calibrated correctly and then put the cone on the scale.  This weighed in at 10 pounds .... WOW!

 

   

Needless to say, I am going to have fun with this yarn.  I already have a design in mind which I bought yesterday. I couldn't believe my luck as I have been looking for this pattern for about a year now and this lady had one copy to sell:

Finding this pattern sure made my Mardi Gras for me!  I'm thinking that this blue and green yarn might work well for this.  I don't know if I will use 1 or 2 strands to make this - just something that I need to play with on my gauge.

My only irritation so far with this pattern is how the gauge is written, which isn't much (and this was typical of crochet patterns back in the 1970's).  It says: 1 pat = 1"; 2 rows = 1"

I understand the "2 rows" being 1 inch  as these seem to be primarily dc rows. It's the "1 pat," as if I've already made the garment and I know what part of the pattern row they are talking about.

I'll have to fiddle around with this but I have to get some more projects finished first.  :)  Have a great day and thanks for visiting my blog!   :)  :)