Sunday, February 14, 2010

Don't Judge a Yarn by Its Color


Ever have one of those single skeins of yarn sitting around that you don’t have a clue where it came from, why you would buy “that” color or why you only have one of them? I have had this skein of “Bright Yellow” from Red Heart sitting on top of my entertainment center and staring at me for what feels like months. I’m sure that it hasn’t been quite that long, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how it got there. The more I stared at it the harder I thought about what in the world I could do with it.

What in the world kind of project can one do with a day-glow yellow single skein of yarn? Surely I could not put it into an afghan and one skein sure would make a LOT of slippers…hmmmm what to do? What to do? What to do?

Light-bulb!!! Who do bright colors remind me of? CHILDREN!! And lucky me just happens to have a 3 year old whooo hooooo! I couldn’t quite find the type of skirt I was looking for so I made up this pattern by increasing the rounds until I was happy with the flare. The tank top I actually found on a website and I liked the shells on it so much I decided to make the skirt match by adding shells to the bottom. I LOVE the final outfit! It is so bright and sun-shiny and my daughter looks just adorable in it (she is anti camera at the moment or I would have a picture of the outfit on her)

I never would have guessed that this shocking yellow would turn into such a cute final outfit. Just goes to show, you can never judge a yarn by its color :)