Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Miscalculation.


A friend gave me two large balls of this strong green coloured yarn. Although the colour is a little bright for baby wear I thought it would make a nice blanket and teamed it with the paler mint shade. Oops! I thought I had enough of the paler shade but discovered my mistake when I reached this point. Disaster!! What to do now? I really don't want to pull the work out so I hunted about in the shops for some more of the pale green. Fortunately it's a popular shade at present so I was able to find a very close match and if I arrange the squares symetrically I think I can get away with it. Note to self: Make absolute certain you have enough of a colour before jumping in at the deep end. I thought I'd learned that by now - obviously not.
All that said, I'm not even sure that I like the uniform colour - it is a bit bright. I will get on and finish the blanket though as it's nice and cheerful and may suit someone with a different taste from mine. Slow going unfortunately as my grumbly arthritic thumb is making things difficult. I'm thinking of trotting out the knitting machine that I haven't used for years.
Dear old Penny the border collie has gone home again after a one week stay with us. Her lovely coat collects all sorts of weird and wonderful bits & pieces which she happily sheds when she comes inside, so I must say bye for now and get the vaccuum cleaner working.

7 comments:

  1. I really like those bright colours! It's going to be a lovely blanket.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thank you minding my own. I'm enjoying working on it.

    ReplyDelete
  3. love the colours, they go so well together :))
    Collie dogs are gorgeous.. but oh the hair.. I had a friend who actually spun her dogs hair. very interesting..
    hugs:))

    ReplyDelete
  4. I think the blanket is going to be gorgeous..as for the dog hair..I vacume every day having a German Shephard..high yeilding hairballer.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Hello Pat. Some dog hair can be wonderfully soft when spun. I've never had Penny with us long enough to collect enough to use.

    Vikki, German Shepherds and Labradors - notorious for shedding but lovely companions.

    ReplyDelete
  6. I love those colours. Something different for a baby. Is it for a girl or a boy? Glad it all worked out in the end. Thanks for the kind words yesterday! xxm.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Hello Meagan, I like to imagine a little somebody wrapped in it but I don't know who the blanket will be for as I will give it to a welfare organisation.

    ReplyDelete