All progress stopped on the
green and blue scarf. I still adore the
colors, but the scarf was looking ratty and I was not happy with it. From a
distance the color combination and texture is nice, but up close, all the
little loose threads annoy. I am such a
fiber/color driven knitter that it is always a disappointment when something I
fall in love with in the skein does not work out.
realizing that the problem may be partly due the pattern I am using but is more
probably related to the Plymouth yarn, the Carombolo, which is hairy with little bits of fiber sticking out all
over it. This kind of yarn often gives
me troubles and I should have thought about this sooner. The original affair, with the Great
Adirondack yarn, is not really affected here. I still ADORE this yarn, looking at it…touching it….ahhhh…pleasure. The Plymouth yarn is only filler, no emotional investment here,
and it can easily be eliminated.
separating the Great Adirondack from its evil companion, which in true nasty
yarn fashion has twisted itself interminably around the Great Adirondack yarn
making the unwinding a very unwieldy process. As I start to separate the two yarns into separate skeins, the Carombolo
twists and winds and makes a veritable rat’s nest that will take hours to undo.
that I don’t usually wind yarns together even when planning on knitting them
together. Live and learn.
required for that kind of endeavor at the moment, it is on hold. Besides the yarn IS beautiful all balled up…
The little hairy bits are
quite evident here as well, but they look nicer in the ball, not so nice
knitted up.
the moment as an object of art in my sewing/knitting room. Perhaps I could eventually work out a little
display of yarns that are beautiful in their own right, which may or may not be
knitted up eventually. There are
certainly yarns that I find are much more beautiful in the skein than in the
sweater, Prism’s Stuff immediately comes
to mind, beautiful each time I see it, but far to fluffy and hairy for me to
actually live with in a garment. It’s
awfully expensive too, at least if I think of it as yarn I will not use. If I start to think of these things as art,
as something beautiful in their own right, the perspective, and the price point
analysis changes. We have certainly
spent more money on things that have brought less pleasure.
you think?
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I bought something like the Plymouth (I think it was Berrocco) to use as ribbon to wrap presents, house presents, and the like. It gives good presentation for small price. It doesn’t have to remain an artifact.
I bought something like the Plymouth (I think it was Berrocco) to use as ribbon to wrap presents, house presents, and the like. It gives good presentation for small price. It doesn’t have to remain an artifact.