He's from Last Minute Knitted Gifts, which is just about the only pattern book I ever make anything from. One strand Koigu KPPPM, one strand Dale of Norway Baby Ull and Koigu KPPM for his kerchief. Cute, isn't he?Meanwhile, in a fit of boredom, I have embarked upon an experiment. I had occasion to search the internet for a specific pattern book recently. When I discovered that the shipping for the pattern would be more than for the actual pattern itself, I decided to throw in some yarn as well to make it worth my while. None of the yarns were jumping out at me, so I very foolishly decided to purchase the Grab Bag. Now, the Grab Bag was billed as "Over $30 worth of yarn, usually 3 to 4 balls, for the low price of $19.95." You could pick your color choices. I decided on green for some godawful reason now unknown to me. It'll be an experiment, I said to myself. I'll take what they give me and make something from it. I'll expand my creative horizons. I won't cheat. It'll be fun.
The package arrived. The grab bag was pretty.
The contents were not. Nellie is disgusted. (I did warn you about the cats, didn't I? They are frickin' hams.)
That's a sparkly Packer green and gold ribbon yarn, a not-so-bad-in-small doses squiggly yarn, and a truly horrible avocado-and-harvest-gold-straight-straight-from-the-seventies-appliance-color-scheme eyelashy yarn.
What in the name of all that is holy can I create with this stuff? Suggestions? Bonus points for tying in my beloved Packers. Help!
7 comments:
Sue,
The elephant is adorable! So thoughtful of you. And way to show me up, having come to town with zero presents in hand, much less one handmade. I guess I have some work to do this morning...
Thanks and BFF! :)
Kirsten
Hey Kathy, maybe we should start swaping for more green and gold yarn. I envision a log cabin blanket! Great way to make it on the JumboTron!
Kirst--Your presence in Cooper's life is present enough, I'm sure. Or maybe you should do a bit of shopping--baby clothes are fun and a receipt from Baby Gap proves you're an aunt!
I swape things all the time, I don't know what you're talking about! ;)
Hmmm... I see. So what you're saying is the grab bag greenies aren't quite your style? I hope I can stop the mail truck and get your parcel back. ;)
Spinnyhead: green is good, grab bag is good, grab bag of green novelty yarns not so good! Does this mean I can expect a package? Yay!
oh, that elephant is adorable. (great, one more thing to add to the to-knit list. hmmm... I wonder if the ends of Koigu I have would be enough for him...)
no ideas for the yarn, but a Packers KAL sounds good!
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