Last night—4 full inches of the back knit. Since the photo's—another inch and half (5.5 inches)

--and now I am worried I won't have enough wool! The balls (in use) are getting smaller and smaller--I feel sure I am going to run out of yarn before I run out of the inches of back I still need to knit.
I have some other single ply wools (Lamb's Pride, (which has some mohair mixed in) and/or Lion Brand Lions wool, and even some Patons SWS (soy/wool solids) that maybe I can use to finish off the front and edges.
I have some other single ply wools (Lamb's Pride, (which has some mohair mixed in) and/or Lion Brand Lions wool, and even some Patons SWS (soy/wool solids) that maybe I can use to finish off the front and edges.
I am sure I don't like the raw garter stitch edges—and think the whole thing would look better with a finishing edging-- a bit of a front band and a bit of collar at the least.
But I maybe I am just borrowing trouble.. I'll know soon enough how much yarn I need (vs how much I have!) if I just keep knitting.
Mostly—I just want to have it finished. Enough already. Noro Kurayon has beautiful colors—but I don't really like the yarn. I don't like the thick and thin, the broken colors the rough texture.
I WANT to like it. I do like the colors.. but all the other qualities (see, I am being nice and saying qualities, not defects) aren't to my liking. I paid very little for this yarn--($5!) and I don't think I got my money's worth. It was an experiement—and I would be very dissatified if I had paid full price (and fully understand why the previous owner wanted to dump this yarn.)
The vest will be OK—and I know some will admire it.. But its not really something I love –not knitting, not how it looks, not the yarn.
I want to get back to something more regular and even. The yellow/green/purple skein keeps reminding me how pretty it will look in a simple 2 row stripe--or even an staggered stranded stripe.
But I will plug away at this for now.
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