Another eyelash yarn question

How-to Questions
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Hi all…I’m knitting a garter stitch scarf with Plymouth Boku (lovely stuff!) and am trying to add a random row or two holding the Boku and a strand of Bernat Eyelash together. My problem is that when I drop the eyelash and start knitting with Boku only again, I find extra stitches (?) or bits of eyelash on my needle, and pretty soon I’ve made an ugly hole or lump, and I have more or fewer stitches than I started out with.

Have I mentioned I’ve been knitting for about 4 months now…taught myself from Stitch & B*tch…and tend to just forge ahead without really knowing what I’m doing?

Anyway, this eyelash yarn is just what I want in this scarf, but it sure is a bear to work with! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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Eyelash yarn tends to clump up in the sts and needs to be opened up. What size needle are you using? Larger is better, especially if you’re using 2 yarns together. Look at the sticky thread about extra stitches - http://www.knittinghelp.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32886

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I’m using 10 1/2…after reading the extra stitches discussion I suspect I’m just being sloppy and/or going too fast. I love the way this stuff looks so I’m trying it again. Hey, at least I’ll get some practice unraveling!