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Hobbies & Games > Bad Girl! Very Bad Girl!
 

Bad Girl! Very Bad Girl!

I did something I haven't done in a very long time. It's something I promised myself I wouldn't ever do again. I'm not sure how it happened but I found myself cruising through eBay. I don't even remember what I was looking for but this is what I found:


942g, that's almost 2 lbs of Scalamandre 100% silk yarn.

So, I bought it. The price was right and it's a pale sage colour that I can overdye (redye it a different colour) if I choose to. It's very fine yarn. Unless I want to knit a wedding ring shawl I will need to ply a few strands together.


My biggest fear is that it will tangle when I try to wind it into balls for plying. So I'm trying not to handle it too much. Oh, the beautiful things I can make with this.

posted on June 7, 2012 1:03 PM ()

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That is beautiful stuff. I would not even consider dyeing it.
comment by elderjane on June 11, 2012 1:37 PM ()
I will leave some of it as is but 2lbs is a lot of yarn. I'm thinking a drop of blue might give a nice colour.
reply by nittineedles on June 11, 2012 7:38 PM ()
I thought of you yesterday when I was contemplating my plastic tote and one large bag of yarn: "Marg would have gone through this in about a week," is what I was thinking.
comment by troutbend on June 8, 2012 6:19 AM ()
I probably would have. However, I find all this spinning and dyeing is cutting into my knitting time.
reply by nittineedles on June 8, 2012 10:50 AM ()
Is eBay still around?
comment by solitaire on June 8, 2012 5:03 AM ()
eBay is a money sucking monster that will never die.
reply by nittineedles on June 8, 2012 10:48 AM ()
As long as the stuff doesn't end up at the bottom of a closet you really aren't that bad. To put it another way, you only knit once, so enjoy!
comment by jjoohhnn on June 7, 2012 5:09 PM ()
You can't see the bottom of my closet for all the yarn I have stashed in there. But I'm knitting as fast as I can.
reply by nittineedles on June 7, 2012 7:01 PM ()
"I did something I haven't done in a very long time. It's something I promised myself I wouldn't ever do again. I'm not sure how it happened but I found myself cruising through eBay. I don't even remember what I was looking for but this is what I found:" These are the words of an addict..... LOL It's very nice.
comment by jerms on June 7, 2012 1:11 PM ()
Hi. I'm Marg and I'm a yarnoholic.
reply by nittineedles on June 7, 2012 6:59 PM ()

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