"Everything is beautiful in its own way
Like a starry summer night or a snow covered winter's day
Everybody's beautiful in their own way
Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find a way"
-Ray Stevens
Like a starry summer night or a snow covered winter's day
Everybody's beautiful in their own way
Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find a way"
-Ray Stevens
I am a stubborn cuss. Once I get a hold of an idea, I hang onto it like a dog with a bone.
For two weeks now, I have had these ten gorgeous skeins of Colinette's Tagliatelle in my Saturday Stash Sale.
44) 5 skeins Colinette Tagliatelli - Dusk - $10 eachwool/nylon- hand wash - 150 yds. each
SOLD!
45) 5 skeins Colinette Tagliatelli - Charcoal - $10 each
wool/nylon- hand wash - 150 yds. each
SOLD!
And nobody wants them.
Never mind that they retail for $27. Never mind that the colors are lovely. Never mind that I once thought they were worthy of full price. Never mind that the dye is slightly transparent, resulting in a distinctly watercolor-like look, unique to this yarn.
They are sitting on the sidelines like the stag line at a high school dance.
And that got my dander up (weird saying - anybody know its etymology?)
If everything is beautiful in its own way, and I firmly believe that, then this forsaken yarn is also. I just need to find the right home for it.
Maybe, I thought, no one knows what to do with it.
Maybe, I thought, it just needs to be seen in the right light.
Maybe it needs a makeover.
And therein lay the challenge. And once I had it in my teeth, I worried it until I solved it.
Like I don't have any other projects to occupy my time - snort...
The kicker was when I realized the color of one of them would be perfect for my gray outfit.
See what I mean?
Now, this may be a case of no one wants something quite so much as when it is taken away from them.
Or it may be a case of nobody kicks mydog yarn, but me.
But I don't think so.
After a little fiddling, I settled on this fagotting stitch variation, done on 13 needles - fast, fast,fast...
And a 2 stitch, 2 row repeat - easy, easy, easy...
One skein makes a 12 by 60 in. scarf - cheap, cheap, cheap...
Does it get any better?
I don't think so...
So here's the deal. You email me at susanpandorf@comcast.net (DON'T JUST LEAVE IN THE COMMENTS. BLOGGER OFTEN DELETES YOUR EMAIL) and tell me you want the yarn for $10 plus $3.50 shipping and I'll invoice you through PayPal, and send you both the yarn and the free pattern for:
Because everything is beautiful.
We just need to open our eyes to the possibilities.
Never mind that they retail for $27. Never mind that the colors are lovely. Never mind that I once thought they were worthy of full price. Never mind that the dye is slightly transparent, resulting in a distinctly watercolor-like look, unique to this yarn.
They are sitting on the sidelines like the stag line at a high school dance.
And that got my dander up (weird saying - anybody know its etymology?)
If everything is beautiful in its own way, and I firmly believe that, then this forsaken yarn is also. I just need to find the right home for it.
Maybe, I thought, no one knows what to do with it.
Maybe, I thought, it just needs to be seen in the right light.
Maybe it needs a makeover.
And therein lay the challenge. And once I had it in my teeth, I worried it until I solved it.
Like I don't have any other projects to occupy my time - snort...
The kicker was when I realized the color of one of them would be perfect for my gray outfit.
See what I mean?
Now, this may be a case of no one wants something quite so much as when it is taken away from them.
Or it may be a case of nobody kicks my
But I don't think so.
After a little fiddling, I settled on this fagotting stitch variation, done on 13 needles - fast, fast,fast...
And a 2 stitch, 2 row repeat - easy, easy, easy...
One skein makes a 12 by 60 in. scarf - cheap, cheap, cheap...
Does it get any better?
I don't think so...
So here's the deal. You email me at susanpandorf@comcast.net (DON'T JUST LEAVE IN THE COMMENTS. BLOGGER OFTEN DELETES YOUR EMAIL) and tell me you want the yarn for $10 plus $3.50 shipping and I'll invoice you through PayPal, and send you both the yarn and the free pattern for:
SUSAN'S TERRIFIC TURBO SCARF
Because everything is beautiful.
We just need to open our eyes to the possibilities.
