Today’s blame goes to the good folks at The Loopy Ewe! I’ve become so enamored with stranded colorwork (knitting with different colors .. instead of a solid piece). I’m almost to the bottom of my Pixelated Pullover. It still needs sleeves so it will be a while before it’s finished . . especially if I put it aside to work on something else! 🙂
I’ve also cast on Taiga but have only done the top ribbing.
Then . . I saw this blog post at The Loopy Ewe. I don’t know how I had missed that post when it was first published . . I thought I watched that site like a hawk! I kept telling myself . . don’t do it. Do not go down that rabbit hole! My very good reasons for not doing it were:
- I haven’t finished my cowl for Loopy Academy.
- I’m in the middle of 2 colorwork projects already.
- I have yarn to make colorwork Christmas stockings but . . that doesn’t rate very high on my list of reasons not to start something new because I still have Chad’s stocking that I started the year he was born and it’s been sitting unfinished (barely started) for 27 years now.
- Yarn is coming for Hedgerow and that’s a whole lot of colorwork.
- Camp Loopy will be coming up and there could be a colorwork project involved there. I have no idea . . just guessing.
So . . what do you think I did? Yep . . I ordered yarn.
Yarn for Leftovers Cowl
Yes, a horrible picture but it’s not daylight yet and I didn’t want to take the yarn out of the plastic because I want to keep up with which skein is which color. I ordered Loopy Cakes in the following combos (left to right).
- Chocolate and Roses
- Steam Punk
- Vintage
The larger skeins are Putty, Khaki and White.
I told myself I was going to finish the Loopy Academy cowl and the Pixelated Pullover before starting this cowl but . . I’m not. I’m going to get off the computer and cast on. I’m going to do a little bit each day . . or, I’m going to stay up for 5 days and nights and finish it NOW! 🙂
Doesn’t it look like a fun project? You see why I couldn’t put it off, don’t you? I knew you would agree with me!
shirley bruner says
Wouldn’t the “leftovers” mean that you use up leftover pieces of yarn that you have….and not buy new yarn? you are hopeless, Judy. hahahha
JudyL says
Could, but not necessarily. It’s kinda like making a scrappy quilt but using new fabrics . . like a bunch of fat quarters. 🙂
Toni Wood says
I give up. You are totally hopeless!!!!! lol
Noreen says
Thanks a lot! Now I have another sweater I want to knit. I love the Taiga; luckily I just finished the Tea with Bread and Jam sweater. And I think I may have some yarn I can use from my stash.
JudyL says
Yay! Taiga should go quickly in bulky yarn but . . that’s only if you knit and don’t set it aside forever. (me . . not YOU!) 🙂
Sherrill says
HAHA, Shirley, that’s what I was thinking..use your leftovers, not order more!! Not to mention that looks super hard (but I know nothing about knitting).
Sharon says
I think I need to order a whole lot of needles to even contemplate keeping up
Judy S says
Leftovers, eh? LOL Don’t fret about that unfinished stocking. It took me 41 years to finish a birth announcement stitchery that I’d started for DD#2, only I then did it for her daughter! Colorwork stockings are fun but time consuming. Ask me how I know….
Amy (Waunaknit) says
Just for the record (since Judy only mentions my name when I’ve enabled her), I told her NOT to order yarn for this cowl….that there was a reason it was called LEFTOVERs cowl. ;0) Looks like you have a case of startitis!
Denise Russart says
Great colors. I’ve been eyeing one of that designers other colorwork cowls but it’s just two colors.
BethL says
I just got the yarn for my 3rd of these cowls….and I’ve only kept 1 of them. The first was all scraps from my Sock Yarn Mitered Square blanket…The second was 2 colors for a Camp Loopy challenge ( used a Zauberball & loopy solid ivory) and this one will be a charcoal gray background with neon green and pink that I’m knitting for another friend. The scrappy one was a swap gift for a favorite yarn dyer of mine. I’ve also knit Wendy’s Sanquhar Cowl ( http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sanquhar-cowl ) as a swap gift. I love Wendy’s colorwork patterns 🙂
Ranch Wife says
Oh, good gravy girl! That cowl is to die for. I just bought my first skein of yarn and I fear this is going to be a slippery slope. “Its Judy’s fault” is going to become a common refrain around my house. 🙂