I think it's totally a yarn problem. All the ones others have posted have been in the recommended yarn, and that looks just as thick (http://community.livejournal.com/knitting/8967029.html#cutid1) and bulky as my second try with the bulkier Hobby Lobby stuff. I think it'll knit up nicely in that, but anything thinner than bulky weight is going to look like a rug.
I've frogged the blue stuff and am using it for the multidirectional scarf instead, and OMG, you wouldn't believe the difference it makes. What was scratchy and rug-like before is now soft and pretty and the colorway is so well suited to this pattern. I can't wait to post a finished picture of it.
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Date: 2007-11-08 03:20 am (UTC)I've frogged the blue stuff and am using it for the multidirectional scarf instead, and OMG, you wouldn't believe the difference it makes. What was scratchy and rug-like before is now soft and pretty and the colorway is so well suited to this pattern. I can't wait to post a finished picture of it.