Do you remember this sad little story?
It has a happy ending:
Turns out that one of the advantages of sorting the stash is that teeny-tiny balls of handspun might appear from between the cracks. This really *is* part of the same lot as the other stuff, by the way: I never (or very rarely) end up with matching amounts of singles on the bobbin when I spin, so, when I ply, one always runs out significantly before the other. I have the habit of winding the excess singles off into a plying bracelet, and plying them together (if I’m making 2-ply), or chain plying them together for a 3-ply. Sometimes I wonder why I do this: it seems to be turning frugality into a bit of an obsession, could I ever really need those last two grams of yarn? Don’t I have enough stash, really? Turns out, sometimes it really is a good idea.
This is how far I got with the gloves before running out: the cuff, thumb and hand have been knit, including a set of short rows designed to ensure that the glove’s fingers all start at or near the actual base of my fingers. (A pet peeve). FO Friday?? Wait and see… 😉
YAY!!! Looking forward to seeing the finished gloves!
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Hurrah for random, or not so random, scraps 🙂 Glad you’ve hopefully got enough.
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Woo Hoo and just in time for the cold weather kicking off again
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I do the same thing with my leftover singles. There’s the ‘waste not, want not’ component, but I also want to see all that work going for *something* rather than nothing.
And isn’t it nice when that little bit of effort really saves your butt?
Love the gloves! Hopefully you’ll have enough yarn to finish them now!
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Fantastic colour, so glad that story ended well as there didn’t seem to be an alternative!
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