Swatching that pink yarn

[sev]

Thanks to suggestions from kightp and snippy I've got at least a somewhat better idea of what I might do with that pink-and-black slubby yarn I was puzzling over last week.

First, there was the simple dropstitch pattern on size 2's:


which showed some promise.

But then, when I was shopping downtown with aynjel and there was pink-and-orange novelty ribbon-ladder yarn on 50% clearance:

So I bought four balls of that.

That made for some very, very pretty dropstitch...


though knitting it on the bias was a dumb move on my part:


And then it occurred to me, I've got six hundred and something yards of this ribbon, and while I could just make a really *big* scarf, I could also use those yarns to unify a bunch of odds and ends -- the orange furry yarn, obtained on 30% clearance, the 65-or-so yards of hot pink lamb's pride leftover from the bag, an unknown quantity of black dk whenever I get those socks done (if I ever get those socks done...), and so on. At the very least, it wants to be mixed with the furry orange stuff. Or saved for a project where I *need* six hundred yards of novelty-something.

Maybe like I'm doing with that "ruana" from the yarn-stash workbook. (Dangerous book. Nice to be able to use random bits of yarn I end up collecting, but it kind of encourages me to collect random bits of yarn.) Maybe some svelte little sleeveless shell with furry trim...

Comments

Very Pretty

[perkyevil.livejournal.com]

Well, you could always use some in the scarf and have some left over for interesting trim on another project.

[snippy]

Oh yes, I like the look of that combination--the ladder ribbon with the slubs. I like how the combination shows off each ribbon better than knitting them alone does.

Want more yarn?

[grettaelizabeth.livejournal.com]

Hey Sev!

We met once, at a party at your house, though you probably don't remember me.

Anyway: I have lots of yarn. I keep trying to give it away (http://grettacook.livejournal.com/7264.html). It's really nice yarn, high quality fibers, lots of vibrant colors. Would you like to pick through it sometime? Or are you too busy trying to use up what you've got?

Re: Want more yarn?

[sev]

Oooooh. I would love to pick through your yarn sometime.

I'm not too mobile right now, though, which does interfere with my ability to fetch things; anything outside of waddling distance starts making me question whether I *really* want to actually go catch the bus...

Re: Want more yarn?

[grettaelizabeth.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty busy this week with Thanksgiving stuff, but if you're serious about picking through the yarn, I could bundle it all into my car and come by your place for you to see sometime in a week or two. The only condition is that you have to take some baby gates and a large stuffed purple octopus off my hands too. :)

I'm really trying to reduce the size of my stash by quite a bit -- we're trying to turn my craft room into a guest room.

When are you due? Pretty soon, right? Are we working on deadline here?