pack of 10 balls for a fiver; and could not resist - I fell. I'm not a great fan of orange, but it is the most beautiful yarn... so I dyed it; and here it is: 2300m of 3-ply - I'm thinking Big Shawl...
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Bit of a find
I've stuck faithfully to the Knitting from my Stash idea all year, apart from my two Official Occasions for Sin at Textiles in Focus and SkipNorth. But when I was in Bury last week with my brother and SIL, I sneaked into the local Hospice Shop. For some reason, Hospice shops seem to be very good for books; but I was confronted with this :
pack of 10 balls for a fiver; and could not resist - I fell. I'm not a great fan of orange, but it is the most beautiful yarn... so I dyed it; and here it is: 2300m of 3-ply - I'm thinking Big Shawl...
pack of 10 balls for a fiver; and could not resist - I fell. I'm not a great fan of orange, but it is the most beautiful yarn... so I dyed it; and here it is: 2300m of 3-ply - I'm thinking Big Shawl...
Wow - that orange was so intense, I'm amazed you could overdye it without having to go darker. Turned out beautifully!
ReplyDeleteAnother WOW! What an awesome find!
ReplyDeleteWow #3 here. I really like what you did with it!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what a find! I love hospice shops - not only for the potential finds, but the Lincolnshire hospice was very very helpful when my Dad was dying so I always go into any hospice shop when I see one these days!
ReplyDeleteI found a whole bird food section in one in Penrith the other week!
That is just amazing! I can't picture how to get purples and magentas from orange! Can't wait to see what you knit with it!
ReplyDeleteI love the dying job you did. Doesn't even look like the same yarn anymore and it's definately down my color alley. Yummy.
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