Baccarat Top knitted by Allison that is now hanging in Circles. It is beautiful and flattering and sexy. And also sort of orange, which is a favorite color of Ava’s. I purchased the Blue Heron Rayon in Deep copper, but then I decided to use tne Southwest Bamboo in the Tequila Sunrise colorway that I had in my stash. Ava loves bamboo, I think to my self and she will love the idea of wearing it. True enough.
Stash busting is good. True enough.
But the unspoken reason is : I wanted that beautiful deep copper rayon for myself.
So I started and finished the back of Baccarat with the first ball of Bamboo, no problem.
I am crusin’. This is one present that will be on time. I started the front using the second ball. I am making fine progress.
Of course having made alterations to the patterns keeping in mind my friends shape and not having my notes handy, I hold the front to the back and OMIGOD……
They don’t match.
Not even a little.
I am horrified, such a rookie mistake. I had purchased all 3 balls at once not thinking about the dye lot.
This is what I get for being selfish. (Cause it’s not the first time that I kept a beautiful yarn for my self that was originally intended for a gift)
The Knitting goddess got me, but good.
I am now swatching the Blue Heron for the Baccart top. For my friend Ava’s belated birthday present. Deadline July 2, 2006.
Wish me luck.
5 comments:
It seems like everyone is having "D'oh!" knitting moments these days. Must be the heat.
Dude, that totally sucks. :(
Oh honey, that's such a shame.
I am so sorry that you had dyelot problems, that tank would be lovely in the bamboo. In fact, I may need to get some bamboo at Circles this weekend and start one for myself...
if you haven't ripped, I can check if we have the dyelot at my LYS for you! (um, we met a few months ago, in Feb, I think. Wendy brought me in while I was visiting/interviewing at BC. It took me this long to find your blog.)
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