You know how when people know you collect something, everyone gets you that for your birthdays and Christmases? Well, I knit, so...
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| Links to yarn descriptions on Ravelry: purple, orange, light blue |
...I get gifted yarn.
As a project knitter, I tend to buy yarn with specific uses in mind. Gifted yarn... Yeah, I'm not sure what I want to make with this.
It's pretty. I love the orange one. I just don't know what I'm going to do with it.
Any ideas?
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Jamie (jannghi.blogpsot.com):
ReplyDeleteYarn, in my town, is hard to find these days. One place i have seen it is at Dollar Tree, but only in small rolls. Some used yarn will turn up at Goodwill occasionally. I just don't use it much these days.
I've seen those skeins at Dollar Tree. You don't have Michael's or Joann's in your town? That's too bad. Mostly this stuff was found online anyway.
DeleteNo ideas arise, sorry. I don't get gifted yarn, thankfully - I just have yarn I've bought and then I have no idea, months or years (!) later, why I wanted it or what to do with it now.
ReplyDeleteThat's how the stash grows.
DeleteI can understand when someone collects something specific, like owls for instance. Then, they get nothing but owl items. However, yarn seems more personal, something you'd pick out yourself for a certain project. To me it would be like gifting a couple yards of fabric to someone just because the like sewing. I wonder if the yarn givers hope you'll make them something with the yarn?
ReplyDeleteIt's family. I didn't know what to tell them to get me, so now they find indie dyers or specialty yarns online. Stuff I would never buy for myself.
DeleteNo ideas, but it is very pretty
ReplyDeleteIt is nice, isn't it?
DeleteNever learn to knit.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on, and stay safe.
I came here for a good story. But, I like your yarns much better.
ReplyDeleteYes, Dad joke.
By the way, my latest post makes fun of Marjorie Taylor Greene (and others).
That is pretty low hanging fruit, truth be told...
DeleteThe one time I have gifted yarn I gave the pattern as well as the yarn (with enough to complete the project with a little extra) for that exact reason.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I get that one. Mostly people send me cat stuff, until I said, loudly, to someone "I'm more than just cats". But mostly I"m not. A golden litter scoop might be a nice change of pace from little cat placards and cat poem books. And you, maybe some golden yard!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have any place to put it ;)
DeleteI’m certain you will figure out what to make. I love the blue and purple
ReplyDeleteOh, don't be so certain. I have yarns that are over 20 years old.
DeleteI like the idea of being given yarn, but I'm not sure that people who don't knit or crochet realize just how much yarn it takes to make some things. That seems like a major potential problem with gifted yarn. It would be perfect for XYZ project, but there's not enough of it.
ReplyDeleteDon't you make small purses sometimes? Would any of those yarns work for those? Or some kind of tote bag?
They're buying my luxury yarns, so it's probably best I keep to small scarves and things.
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