I recently signed up to do a crochet along of Ziggy Interrupted (Rav link) run by Knit and Escape. I’ve admired this scarf for a while now, and also feel like I should do at least a little crocheting, hence committing to another project. And that’s OK. I have realized that I’m not going to get any serious projects done this year and have come to terms with it.
This is a pretty large scarf and calls for either 5 full skeins of yarn, 29 miniskeins, or some equivalent combination. I don’t want it to be too crazy, but still a little colorful. With this in mind,I have tossed my stash looking for yarn to use, and came up with two options that I cannot choose between.
1) 4 skeins in the blue to purple range and 1 unit of yellow/orange/pink as a pop of color from this selection.
Or 2) two year’s worth of the Madelinetosh shawl club minis from Jimmy Beans
The second option is a lot more colors, but they aren’t wildly variegated and speckled, so I feel like it would be OK. Not sure about the mini-minis. They came as little extras, so I’m throwing them out there. I do also have a few Mad Tosh unicorn tails to fill this out if need be. The first option would be a bit more subdued, but still some nice yarn combinations.
Thoughts? Feelings? Opinions? Please share!
Quite A Yarn 
That is a very fun scarf. My initial thought was to go for the blues, but now that I’ve seen the scarf, I feel like using up all that Mad Tosh would be so pretty, and so soft!
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It definitely would! It is really nice yarn – not that the other stuff isn’t, but it is really soft.
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Both are lovely but the second would certainly be fun to do!
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Very true!
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Your pattern choice looks challenging and complex. Regarding the yarn options, the artist in me likes no. 1 – it’ a gorgeous complementary color palette. But the knitter in me is intrigued by the idea of uniting all of the mini skeins into one piece. I guess this isn’t much help to you!
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That’s OK – I’m at exactly the same place!
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Your pattern choice appears challenging and complex. Regarding your yarn choice, the artist in me likes option 1 – a gorgeous complementary palette. But the knitter in me is intrigued by the idea of combining all of those little skeins into a cohesive design. Seems I’m not being very helpful!
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Well I’m allergic to the colour orange (except when its a Tigger) so obviously I’m loving the 2nd option. Gorgeous collection of minis there.
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Thanks! They are really pretty 🙂
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I love the colors in the 1st option. I think they’d look really good together. 😊 Good luck!
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Thank you! It is a pretty set of colors 🙂
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I CAN”T DECIDE!!! I am going back and forth between your photos and the pattern and I can’t decide. Shoot. I’m no help.
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I know – right there with you! I started out with my blue/purple/yellow-orange notion. Then found the minis while ransacking my stash, and now I can’t decide either.
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Are you someone who would knit the same pattern more than once if you like it enough?
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Sometimes, but probably not this one.
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It does seem rather intricate. Sorry I’m no help, except to say WOW! You have two lovely options. lol
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You are a help! Its good to know they are both good options!
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I think I’d go for option 2 and keep option 1 for a project where I could use all 6 skeins of blue to purple
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Good point!
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You have two beautiful choices there. I would go with the mini skeins, because they are something I can’t resist buying and if you don’t have a scappy project in mind they just sit there for years. Don’t ask me how I figured that out….
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LOL – I know what you mean! I do have just a ton of minis around, and this would be a good chance to use up a bunch of them.
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Oh, I can’t even choose! Anything you choose will be lovely.
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It’s a tough decision for sure! I’m leaning toward the miniskeins, I think… I don’t know. We’ll see!
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That was yarn porn! Lovely yarn. I am attracted to the oranges but I think blues and oranges would be a lovely combination!
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LOL – right? Blue and orange are always pretty together!
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