Careful for that last step... it's a doozy!
I feel off the yarn diet!Does it count if I buy yarn for Christmas presents?
I went out to AC Moore (So Spiffy! Michaels meets LYS!) to pick up secret santa scarf yarn and boss scarf yarn.
Secret santa is getting something out ot Patons Divine in "Richest Rose." I still haven't decided on a pattern stitch, and I'm about to ask my knitlist for ideas.
I was going to make it out of LionBrand glitterspun. Except that it was $8 a skein. $8. For 60 yards. I'd have to buy 3 skeins to make a scarf, and there was a $15 limit. So, poop on you, lionbrand!
Boss gave me a very nice (and expensive) present yesterday, completely out of the blue. So, I asked her what colors she would prefer in a scarf (hypothetically). Hypothetically, she said green or purple because it'd go with her hat. So, imagine my happiness at finding Sugar n Cream Midnight Magic The purples and greens even match her hat and it's dirt cheap. It's not a super pretty shiny yarn, but her hat was crocheted out of hemp and the accents look like acryllic (flat tones). So, the colors are flat. They'll blend better that way. This'll be knit using the waves pattern.
50% of creating a good knitted gift is finding something that suits the wearer. I'm fairly sure these scarves will be homeruns, but I'm still a little skeptical about Erica's... I never would have picked an outrageous purple eyelash yarn for my aunt, though. I knew she loved purple, but she never struck me as the fuzzy type.
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