Sunday, March 18, 2012

Intrigued

And just when my interest in mittens was starting to flag, I have been presented with an intriguing new challenge- a large box full of (mostly) sport weight yarn.
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Large box of yarn. Cat included for scale. 
 
There were three skeins of worsted and some odds and ends, plus a small bag of baby yarn, but by and large this is all sport weight, something I haven't knit a lot with. So. I could hold it double, but that seems quite unimaginative. Kid sweaters perhaps. Colorwork is a definite possibility. Perhaps some crocheted hats.

A whole new horizon of possibilities, ideas, new challenges, all in a box of yarn. This is what makes the whole free yarn thing so much fun for me- the challenge of finding the right projects for it. We'll just have to see what I come up with!

4 comments:

  1. Yay for free yarn! Have fun finding the right projects for each skein.

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  2. I'm torn between being thrilled for you on getting free new yarn and feeling guilty when reminded that I don't know if I've knit even a single skein of the yarn a friend gave me when she moved from Boise about 8 years ago......

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  3. If you knit it doubled, you're playing with colors by creating new ones as you knit two different ones together. Have fun!

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    1. I'm sure I'll be using some of it that way!

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