Since I make a lot of scarves in a year, I like to try out new patterns, motifs and yarns to see if I like them for larger projects. If there is a yarn that is new and somewhat interesting, there is minimal commitment period necessary to make an average sized scarf (approximately 6″ x 65″).
Currently, I am working with a yarn that I thought I wanted to use for a gift project. I don’t. It’s not the thickness of the yarn or the texture. It’s one of the colored plies which seems silkier than the other and slows down my progress. My hook gets caught in one of the plies, snags on my hook and slows me down. I could try a different hook, but I’m not sure that would help. Besides, I have completed half of the scarf and when the hook isn’t snagging the colored ply, it’s fine.
I will finish this scarf. I like how it looks, and it is soft and I’m sure that there is someone who will enjoy the colors. I just don’t want to use this yarn again.
However, I have found another potential yarn suitable for the gift. I bought enough for a scarf (two skeins) of the same yarn in a different color so that I can use the trial yarn and see if it is worthy of the gift. Besides the store didn’t have enough of the color I wanted for the gift anyway. If I like the yarn I will purchase it elsewhere or order it from the store.
It happens, sometimes yarns are fabulous and everything is right in the world and you want every color and use up every scrap. Then other times you are ambivalent about the yarn and though not hating it, not madly in love with it enough to buy other colorways or recommend it to friends. I’ll let you know how the trial yarn fares.
