Have you ever purchased a yarn and thought you would shape it to be one thing, but when you start it just didn't look right so you had to rip it out? Even if you were just making a swatch? Did you have to try different stitch patterns and shapes before you found what the yarn wanted you to create it to be? Well, I might be the only one that goes through this, but this was my experience with this yarn.
I got this yarn from West 7th Wool at DFW Fiber Fest (of course) and fell in love with the gradient colors. I am all into gradient colors now, and it was beautifully pictured as a shawl. So, I thought I would make a shawl with the yarn, but instead of a simple triangle shawl, I would try something a little different. It will still be a triangle shawl, but with a design going down the spine. I tried it, and this is how it came out...smh.
No bueno senorita!
Most would think that it looks fine, but it just didn't feel right. I was determined to make something with the yarn because I loved the feel of it and how it easily glided on my addi knitting needles. I also liked the way the colors were working together, but a triangle shawl it was not going to be. I thought about making it a crescent shawl...nope. I thought about making it a half circle shawl...nope. I even thought about making it a simple triangle shawl like it was pictured when I first saw it...nope. I ripped it out over and over again, then I left it alone for a few days. I picked it back up and tried again. Finally, it became what it wanted to be. I just had to stop fighting and listen. Not that different from life, is it? We fight to be in a space that is not a good fit, and when we finally listen and change, we end up being where we're supposed to be and feel like a ton of weight has been lifted.
What did the yarn become? Stay tuned! Pictures coming soon.
