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!
Sue,
ReplyDeleteThe 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!
ReplyDeleteKirst--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!
ReplyDeleteI swape things all the time, I don't know what you're talking about! ;)
ReplyDeleteHmmm... 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. ;)
ReplyDeleteSpinnyhead: 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!
ReplyDeleteoh, 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...)
ReplyDeleteno ideas for the yarn, but a Packers KAL sounds good!