It’s a good thing I love choosing yarn for projects. In fact, I often wonder if that isn’t my favorite part of knitting.
There’s a colorwork project I’ve been wanting to do and have already ordered yarn for it once but I’m not 100% sold on what I got and I know I’ll use it at some point . . so long as I live to be 213 years old!
After seeing this same sweater that someone else made, I knew I wanted something different for mine and I began searching for new yarn. Miss Babs was my first choice, mainly because she has so many color choices in each yarn. I wanted Yowza DK and she has 80+ colors in Yowza. She also has Yowza mini skins, which are 200 yards compared to 560 yards on the full size skeins. I could order a multiples of the minis but most of the colors are the same as the full size unless one color just happens to be sold out.
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The search began. Remember that these colors do not need to blend or even match really. The prettiest of these projects I’ve seen have four totally different colors.
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The projects I like best have a dark color in the first spot, then two fairly medium colors, then a speckle and then some type of variegated yarn but it doesn’t need to have much color activity in that skein.
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This one does do much for me . . way too boring for my taste but I do like that Easter Egg Hunt color.
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This one was about to be my choice when I decided I wanted a bit darker for the gold and switched from Dutch Iris to Old Gold.
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It was also about that time that I thought maybe I wanted purple instead of blue.
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After looking at the photo in grayscale, I’m ruling out the purple and going with the blue (Eternity).
Now . . what else can I find to do instead of what I should be doing?? 🙂
Nelle Coursey says
Did you see the new kit on Skeino today? It was a one day deal for $54. It was so pretty! I resisted temptation because I just finished Wings! Will post a picture for you to see.
dezertsuz says
Only 213? LOL That’s one reason I have a fabric stash, probably.