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Zombie Yarn

November 4th, 2009 mio

“No dye lot.” Get it? Heehee!

You know, I really should know better by now: always check the dye lot. Especially on white yarn.

I’ve been busy recreating my Craftster avatar. I got this far before I ran out of white.:( :( (poo) :) :(

When I started up with a new ball, I noticed that it was a vastly different colour of white. Crap.

So I sent an e-mail off to mom asking if she could nip out to Michaels (of which there are THREE near her house) and grab some for me (because there are NONE in Toronto), being careful about the dye lots.

She was able to get 5 balls of white that shared a dye lot, and I desperately hoped that it would be “close” to what I had… though, I wasn’t holding my breath. I figured I could just pull the pieces apart, frog all of the white around the faces, and re-do it all with the same dye lot this time.

:( (poo) :) close up!

Easy enough.

While I was still in Hamilton I re-made that blank space above the faces. When I got home, I compared it to what I had previously done, just to see how close the colours were.

and you're sure that's the same brand of yarn?
(Click it to see a bigger picture that maybe shows the difference in colour a bit better.)

That new piece is *exactly* the same pattern as the top part of the old one. Same number of stitches, same type of stitch, same brand and type of yarn, same hook. The only difference: dye lot.

it's supposed to be WHITE, not PINK!

Lesson learned.

What am I going to do now? I think that’s obvious: I’m going to change the plan completely, keep the piece exactly as it is now, fit ALL of the words into that top part, and slap a lovely border around it. And then use the new white to make a snowflake afghan. Hrmph.

(P.S. Do you think the faces need noses?)

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Show your partner/parents this post

September 9th, 2009 mio

Dear significant others of the yarnaholics following this blog,

This is the part of my stash that was being stored at my parents’ house that could fit in my Dad’s car:

car full of yarn

Maybe re-read that first sentence a few times. Clearly, your yarnaholic of choice needs more yarn (yes, Charles, this does include you! ^_-).

You might be saying to yourself, “Man, that mio really needs some help!” and I agree. There is still more yarn to be moved!

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BOB’s your uncle

May 28th, 2009 mio

works in progress

Let’s see, we’ve got several water hexes for the Catan blanket, to the left of those is some over-exposed light-coloured yarns that make up the border colour for the Catan blanket and that yellow broomstick lace blanket. At the back is a blue and yellow round ripple blanket that would be absolutely stunning if I hadn’t run out of blue with less than 2 rounds left to go. In front of it is a blanket kit that I bought two Christmases ago; it has butterflies on it, or would, if I ever get around to making it. In front of that is an almost-finished blue and green blanket that, when finished, will hopefully have enough blue left over to finish the stunning blanket mentioned above.

Somewhere in there is some light blue yarn waiting for a pattern, and some purple yarn destined to be striped. (The bag of rainbow ripple yarn is on the floor, and thus not pictured.)

^_^

Speaking of looking for a pattern, here’s a fun link: Crochet Poet’s Pattern Collection.

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