Ice Yarns….An unbeatable temptation!!!

So…..I hate to say this….but I am weak. I succumbed. I couldn’t ignore the call anymore. What am I talking about? Why, the new Ice Yarns I bought of course! After all my great and lofty resolutions of abstaining from playing till I’d finished some of my pending wips!! But as they say, ‘All work and no play makes Jill antsy’ ;-)

But I do have a very good excuse for this weakness at least. My BIL has come to town for a few days and I want to send a gift for his wife when he returns. Whatcha think?? A good enough excuse? 

Out of my Ice Yarn stash I decided to use the gold and cream one. Its called Ring. According to the label its a Light DK (3) weight and recommended hook size is 4mm. Its a blend of 50% Polyamide and 50% Polyester.

I chose to go with a virus pattern cause from my previous experience it's a pretty simple pattern and works up real fast.

This is my attempt

I'm not too happy with the result so far though. The 4mm hook seems to give the fabric a dense feel and due to the polymide content of the yarn it also feels kinda plasticky. I think using a larger size hook may give it better drape. So I've frogged it. I'll start the new version with a 5.5mm hook and see tomorrow. 

Will keep you updated once I figure it out. Though I do have a deadline of sorts.