I like fancy yarns, they help me make super cool looking stuff while I basically have no real knitting skill. A big YAY for the clearance section! This fancy yarn was originally THIRTY DAMN DOLLARS A SKEIN! I was able to get this one for a mere 16.89 over at the Redmond Ben Franklin. This was the only skein in this color, so I am happy there was enough for a decent length, if narrow, scarf. They had about 8 or 9 in their discontinued Dark Denim... but that color didn't speak to me.
There is another yarn they have there that is structured the same as this one, in a metallic tinsel-like hot pink and black that is more affordable. But that color combo is so not me. So so not me. Angela maybe... and I DO owe her something crafted by the end of the year... all she has to do is let me know. :)
I suppose when I think of it in terms of the price one would have to pay for my fancy new scarf, even 30 dollars isn't so bad. I mean, how much would a person have to pay for a scarf like this at Nordstroms?
I knitted this while watching Downton Abbey on Netflix. I can see why that show has won so many awards. There was something a touch too cliche for me though about how I have spent a majority of the weekend... sitting on the couch, knitting, watching PBS Masterpiece Classics. And yet, it felt so right.
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Soooo pretty! And such a Tamara color, too! I really wanted to buy a skein of this type of specialty yarn in red a few weeks ago but as you said, it is crazy-expensive. Go you for finding it on clearance. :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. If the metallic/hot pink stuff is not scratchy, then yes, totally me!
ReplyDeleteP.P.S. There is nothing wrong with knitting while watching PBS Masterpiece Classics: all of the cool kids are doing it! True story.