Tuesday, November 4, 2014

knitaholic: purple scarf


i found some gorgeous yarn at the thrift shop a while back.
there wasn't very much of it... just a single ball

it had all these lovely shades of purple in it: eggplant, mauves, and lavenders
i bought it not knowing what i would use it for



in the process of decluttering this weekend
the ball of yarn reappeared from the underbelly of my knitting basket.

remembering that i had some purple yarn left from another project,
i thought i would just try and see if i could combine the two and make a scarf.


the colour match was perfect !!


i'm really happy with how it's looking so far...
i've got my fingers crossed that it will 
finish long enough 
to wrap around.


erica
xoxo

joining ginny and nicole


21 comments:

  1. my fingers are crossed that it will be long enough it's beautiful. if not, you can sew the ends together and make a cowl :) Great solution and lucky for you to find such pretty yarn.

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    1. a cowl is a wonderful idea... thanks Karen!!

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  2. Always nice to find yarn that you have forgotten about :) Happy you found something to match, it looks wonderful!

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    1. thanks Kim... my knitting basket is full of forgotten treasures !!!

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  3. Looks perfect together - like it was meant to be!

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    1. thanks...i figured i couldn't go wrong with experimenting...

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  4. It's looking wonderful, I hope you have enough yarn!

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    1. i'm hoping i have enough just for accenting... i'll post my finished product if successful. Thanks for stopping by

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  5. What a great coincidence! They look great together, really effective in that scarf. Hope the yarn makes something long enough to keep you warm :)

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    1. still keeping my fingers crossed...but it looks like it might just work. Thanks for popping in

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  6. Wow that's a wonderful color combination! Like wisteria flowers.

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    1. you are right... it does look wisteria..ish !!!

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  7. Such a wonderful idea to combine the yarns!

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    1. i love combining yarns...and seeing what patterns in texture and colours i can create.

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  8. I love it! I love how the colors are working so well together and I love that you are able to use that thrift store yarn even though you didn't have much to work with. Very creative!

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    1. i love finding uses for odds and ends that i rescue from the thrift stores... it brings creativity to another level !!

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  9. I love it when you score a good find at a thrift store! Congrats! I was excited last Saturday because I found a bag of three (mostly full) skeins of expensive yarn at Goodwill--on half price day nonetheless! It cost me $1.50! I am going to combine the green and variegated chunky yarns into a cowl and use the light green speckled yarn to make baby hats! I echo the advice of Karen, cowls usually only take one skein or less. I have been on a "one-skein gift" kick lately!

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    1. I'd love to see what you found at the goodwill and some of your one-skein gifts ! Thanks for popping in

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  10. I love that nubby yarn. I have got to visit my local thrift stores more often. Beautiful.

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thank you for your kind words... they really do make my day !!!