Mimic is a pattern that needs you to make wise yarn choices. Early last year, I attempted to make this sweater with some older yarn from my stash. It was a wool/acrylic blend that I bought way back when. The pattern has a special note about swatching (hanging clothes pins from the swatch when wet to imitate the blocking process) so I made sure to follow it. My swatch looked pretty good. About 1.5 sections into the sweater I noticed that the fiber I choose was not doing what I imagined it would do. The garment looked too stiff and boxy…not at all like the picture. I was dissatisfied with it so I frogged it. I still loved the pattern so I stashed it away for another day.
Looking at all of the yarn I bought in Beijing I thought this wine colored yarn would fit Mimic’s needs. This yarn is a lighter weight than my original choice and has a certain squish to it. I am again about 3/4 of the way done and things are looking much better. I believe I will achieve my desired look. I have just the back armholes to work and then I will be done!
When was the last time (if ever) that you put aside a project due to yarn-pattern incompatibility?
Until Next Time,
-Whit-
knitsbywhit 
Hah, yarn and pattern issues, I have a little coat sitting waiting to be finished but it’s so awful it may never get done.
Oh my gosh. I had this pattern that was written the year I was born and I couldn’t find the yarn brand so I used two strands of another yarn. The gauge was right but the drape was not. The sweater will forever be known as The Abomination. It looked that bad.