…just because it was on a half price sale and it’s a really poxy colour!
I bought 8 (did I really buy that many) balls of dull mustard dirty yucky baby-poo (that’s appropriate) yellow wool, now I’m seriously wondering what the hell was I thinking? I bet they thought they’d never sell it. What a typical Nanna thing to do! No way in the world would I have so much as glanced at it otherwise. Anyway I’m stuck with it now and hopefully will learn a lesson that that is not a bargain to buy something you don’t like.
However, it is a superb quality yarn (Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino). All I can think to do with it is knit up a baby blanket – because it’s such a dull, dirty yellow it will actually be quite a serviceable/practical colour so I’m thinking maybe a great blanket for the pram (blankets are always getting dragged on the floor and then stepped on or caught up in the wheels).
As I’m knitting this I keep saying to myself – yeah, it looks fine, Ewww-yuk I’m wasting my time, yep, it’s growing on me now, oh no it’s bloody awful… and I’m not sure if I’m making it look worse – I’m adding some stripes of other colours to break it up.. just plain knitting and I was thinking of doing a picot edge (got to pretty it up somehow). I had thought of doing a really beautiful pattern, but all that effort… if I’m going to put effort into an intricate design it’s going to be a colour of my choice. After all, I didn’t choose this did I… my wallet did!
Oh well, I’ll keep knitting – maybe the cats will score a luxurious cashmere baby-poo coloured blankie.
By the way, I knitted that little fair isle yoked cardigan with the said yarn – it looks okay with the other colours to break it up.
And you can never have too many baby blankets right? And no, I’m not taking a photo yet to show you.. it’s too cacky looking.. it might look a bit better when I do a bit more(I’ve done about 3 inches).
Hmmm, after all this effort into something yucky? I’m still arguing with myself over it.
