The acronym for the What the Fade? mystery knit along is WTF. You know what that normally stands for, right? I don’t use that word but this project has almost had me thinking it. This is why I don’t do mysteries. I would have been better off to throw all my yarn in the bath tub (well, not ALL my yarn because my bathtub isn’t that big), close my eyes and pick 6.
To start with, it took me . . no joke . . probably 30 tries to get the brioche right with the first color choice but really that wasn’t the first color choice because, remember . . there was too much blending in those first six colors.
Then I tried four different color combinations before I settled on the one I liked for clue No. 1. But, I was supposed to be using Yarns A & D (out of A – F) but at that point, I only knew what A & D were going to be. Later in Clue No. 1, I had to use B & E . . that’s the first time I thought about using the acronym in it’s normal use! I had to go digging through yarn again. This is what one of the extra beds looks like.
Yarn Possibilities
Remind me . . no more mysteries for me!
I think I’m going to use this:
What the Fade
Or . . . maybe this:
What the Fade
I was going to say . . remember that the yarn on the left and the fourth one from the left are written in stone because I’ve already used them but in the bottom photo, I have the D in the E position so that’s not going to work. Darn . . I kind like that speckly yarn. I give up. I’m not looking at it any more. It’s going to be the next to last photo . . except E may be too dark. I don’t know. I have to decide today because I need E for the next step.
Yes . . that’s what I’m using. Don’t try to talk me out of it! 🙂
Cilla Tyler says
I like choice B. That variegated yarn on the right will look great, I believe.
Teri says
Think of it this way….by the time you find exactly what you want all your hanks of yarn will be rolled in cakes….this is the pluses…..takes up less room and you won’t have to do it for the next project….LOL…
Maggie says
I’ve given up on mysteries. I’ve ended up ripping out more if them than I ever complete.
dezertsuz says
What if you swapped F in the bottom picture for E in the top?
JudyL says
In theory, you’re supposed to have some of the same colors in neighboring yarns so if I have red, blue and yellow, in Yarn A, then Yarn B has to have some red, blue or yellow. I could use a yellow, black and green yarn for B and then C could have yellow, black or green. If I swapped F in the bottom picture for E in the top, I’d be putting the solid rust next to an almost solid blue, with a little lighter blue/gray in it. But, it doesn’t matter because in the bottom picture, I have Resin in the E position and it has to be in D since I’ve already used it as “D”. Crazy . . and messing with my brain!
Sue in Desert Hills (Phoenix), AZ (formerly in Scottsdale, AZ) says
Judy, I love all your yarn choices, but I am getting totally confused just reading what has to be next to each other. I am glad you are doing this mystery and not me! Have fun.
Cilla Tyler says
I still like the variegated on the right with the rest of the yarns. Yes, I’m trying to talk you into it.
Melody Wathor says
I’m not a mystery person either. I know I should try a knitting mystery, because I have done a couple of quilting mysteries and the were way to stressful. I like to visualize the end product too much. Good luck with your WTF.. LOL