To frog or not to frog- that is the question - please help me decide

[pmcgary]

I am knitting up the halloween pants for dd. I am not really crazy about how the color way is working out.

So, take a look please and let me know if you would go back. I am thinking about reducing the number of rows in the all orang section
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They knit really fast so I don't mind frogging - if I can improve the look.

I am alternating orange and varigated in the body and legs. The black is a different yarn and the "hand" and gauge are "off" for me. (Fine for the cuffs and waistband but I don't want to chance it in the body.)

[ravingcutie]

How about thinner stripes? Would that make it better?

FWIW, I don't think they look bad - are they just turning out differently than you envisioned?

[pmcgary]

It is just A LOT of orange. I think I am going to tear it out and work with shorter sections of the color. I thought with the varigated that I would end up with more black - as I have longer runs of the black color in the varigated.

I was doing a "random" striping that isn't random.....like the tulip socks at Knitty.com.

I am also wondering what it is going to work up like when I get to the legs....Guess I better get to it if I want to find out~!

[ravingcutie]

I know how that goes. I was looking at your vari ball & thinkinh the black would show more, too. Just goes to show you that knitting is an adventure!

You could cut your orange rows in half - hopefully the black would show more, then.

[pmcgary]

Well the other piece of this "puzzle" is that I have limited yarn supply in the varigated so I have to be sure that I don't use it all up too fast.

[mamapez]

If you are planning on embellishments, you could embellish on the orange sections, and then you would want them to be wider...

I think it looks neat!

[BethyM99]

I like it...

I'm picturing a long sleeve black tee with an orange pumpkin face on it...

Maybe orange felt, with some iron-on fusing for a no-fuss outfit... Wouldn't that be adorable??

So, no, I wouldn't frog, but I hate frogging... so I'm biased ;)

[pmcgary]

I already frogged it and I am regretting it. The pattern is now coming out different and I am NOT happy with it either. (It is really obvious that the orange in teh varigated is less bright....)

I will keep knitting for a bit and see if I come to like it better....It is striping more now rather than "pooling" a bit. Of course i also know that when I go to do the legs it will be totally different....SO I guess I should just commit to what I have going now. I somehow think I could rework it forever and keep trying to get it better....And then I would have to rework the sizing as it would have to be for the halloween after this one! LOL

[ravingcutie]

oh, poor Pam! Maybe just knit what you feel like, lol!

[BethyM99]

You can still do the cool shirt. Lets see the striping??

Could you do a black leg and an orange leg??? It's going to be adorable, just knit with the flow ;)

[pmcgary]

I will try and post a picture tomorrow. I am to the crotch shaping...and liking the way it is turning out a bit more.

Beth- you may have missed it but my black is a different yarn and the gauge is slightly different. It is a lopi and I think it knits up "furry" too. I thought about the leg thing myself. I am just going to keep going with my orange and varigated. If I run out with them too short then the bottoms will be orange with black cuffs rather than alternating with the varigated.