16 May 2010

Last weekend we had a great time in the Knitting Scraps class. I think that everyone was amazed at the potential of scraps and how the most unlikely colors actually worked together.

The hardest part was stopping folks from looking at what color the next piece of yarn was as they went to pull it out of the bundle of yarn in their lap. The temptation was great but the colors came quite randomly and worked perfectly. It took a lot of faith to believe it would work but as the knitting progressed "the proof was in the pudding."

Yarn studies were made and compared. Everyone was pleased with her results and all agreed that knitting a sweater out of scraps was not only going to be fun but would make a totally unique sweater - and quite possible to do. Their favorite pattern could be used but each time they used the pattern the resulting sweater would end up being completely different from the first. Not only in color but in texture too.