Filled chainette tube yarn

#1

Hello
Is there a general pattern type that is better for the type of yarn that is a filled chainette tube rather than twisted ply type yarn. Sorry if my terms are incorrect.

I have in mind rowan sultano original which is silk chainnete filled with mohair and cashmere.
I’m browsing patterns and can only find one sweater pattern for this yarn (lots of hats and cowls but I want to find a sweater). The pattern available is a bit big and holey for my preference so I’d look for a different pattern and work out the meterage.
However, what I’m wondering is if there is a “type” of stitch that this yarn works better with. Like an open lace (the Alexandra pattern is very open) or would it be suitable for any pattern using chunky weight yarn?

Perhaps some examples of patterns that would work would give me a start on what I need to look for?

#2

Chainette is lovely, light yarn to work with and wear. It has good stitch definition so it works well with complicated stitch patterns and cables. It’s also very stretchy so you may have to be careful about sweater construction (seams rather than seamless, for example).

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#3

I think it would be better for the Long tail cast on. If you have ever used that CO to cast on many stitches then you will have noticed the yarn over the thumb tends to untwist the plies.

A braided or chained yarn can not untwist simply because a stitch pattern or a knitting technique introduces many untwists to the fiber.

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#4

I’m not really finding any patterns for this. I think I’m not getting the right key words or looking in the wrong places.

I used yarnsub to find a selection of other chainette type yarns hoping they would lead me to some patterns but I haven’t found much at all.
I’m sure there must be more patterns available, hiding somewhere.

Seems like most patterns are hats, scarves and cowls which I am not drawn to making.
I was looking as there is a fantastic sale on, each skein/ball whatever its called being £10 reduced from £30. Such a bargain but I’m reluctant to buy without a pattern.

#5

It may help to look up a specific chainette yarn on Ravelry and then click on projects to the right on the yarn page. A search for Lion Brand chainette sweaters brought up several pages.
https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/lion-brand-lb-collection-chainette/projects?view=cards&search=sweater&view=cards

Here’s a search for Cascade Cantata chainette.
https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/cascade-yarns-cantata/projects?view=cards&search=+knit+sweater&view=cards

And Debbie Bliss Paloma
https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/debbie-bliss-paloma/projects?view=cards&search=sweater&view=cards

What weight yarn are you interested in?

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#6

Thank you so much. I will use your links to have a another good look.

The yarn I saw was rowan sultano original which here is usually priced at £30 a ball and I just saw it at £10 a ball and thought what a great opportunity to have a bit of luxury at a reduced price. The mix of silk cashmere and mohair sounds so soft and warm.
I think it’s chunky on the shop site, but bulky on ravelry, are they the same? I have no idea!

https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/rowan-sultano

#7

The terms bulky and chunky are pretty much interchangeable, so you should be ok. Hope you like it if you get any!

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#8

Chunky vs. Bulky
Is this another idea/concept that changes term/word as you cross oceans or country lines?
:thinking:

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#9

Oh don’t get me started @OffJumpsJack ha ha
If I filter the search on ravelry to bulky I get zero sweaters, apparently only DK will do for a sweater and only hats and scarves will,do for chunky bulky chainette. Sigh.
Then on yarn sub I have used a dozen or more suggestions of sub yarns as a starting point to try to fins patterns, and the yarns there have same gauge and are called Aran.
Tearing hair out.
Given up.
Aran,worsted, DK, chunky, bulky…

…I am (instead) using up some yarn I already have and don’t like to make a sweater that will not fit. But the needles are moving and all will be well.

Calm.

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#10

Creations,
I took a look around the Ravelry link you provided and see all the hats, cowls and scarves and the thought occurred to me that maybe the reason for this was because the yarn is so expensive, people are reluctant to knit a garment that requires that much yarn?

Claudia

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#11

I agree. My thought too.
Even so, you’d think the yarn people would want to produce more patterns to encourage more sales of yarn.

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#12

There was an article on “blown” yarns (tube filled with fibre) on the YarnSub website that might be helpful:
https://yarnsub.com/articles/texture/blown-yarns/

The author included some nice swatches of several brands in lace, cables and crochet.

From my perspective, I would not use blown or chainette yarns for anything that required “grip” to function. So I don’t think I would make a beanie or a fitted sweater that was supposed to hug someone’s curves.

Otherwise I think they are great for any other project, keeping in mind that you are trading lightness (as in weighing less than a regular plied yarn) for stitch definition to some extent. But slightly less stitch definition can give a lovely effect, like the texture equivalent of a watercolour.

Hope you enjoy knitting with it if you do end up purchasing.

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