I always have the best of intentions with my projects. I start them with all the faith in the world that I will stick with them and see them through to completion. Somehow that never happens. I started this tablecloth in the summer of 2000 for my dining room table. Somewhere along the way, it got shoved into a tote bag and forgotten until a co-worker asked me to help her decipher a pattern at work. I got thinking, Hmmm, I have a tablecloth started somewhere in my craft mess. So I dug it out this morning and am going to take a stab at getting a bit more done. No illusions it will be finished anytime soon because it is supposed to be 75" round when done and is at 43" right now.
I've switched to 10 hour shifts at work now which means I get a long break in the afternoons so instead of sitting and eating junk food which is what we usually do, I decided that I would take some socks to work on. I dug through my stash and found this really ugly Bernat Sox yarn that I can think of no reason for buying. Must have been one of those moments I have where I have to have every color of yarn! It's called Hot Tamale and the picture isn't showing bad color, it really is that bad. It's orange, pink, green and turquoise with the colors oozing into each other at the changes so there are spots of olive green and murky brown. I think I'll gift these to someone but for sure no one will steal them off my table in the lunchroom!
So while digging for the above ugly yarn I decided that the plastic tote with the sock yarn in it was too full and a jumbled mess. This morning I dumped it out and sorted it into matching pairs as well as sorting by acrylics and wools. The left are the nice wool yarns and the right is my assortment of Bernat Sox acrylics that I use for making socks for those I know won't look after wool socks. As far as I've heard, this yarn is now discontinued but from the looks of it I should be alright for awhile yet!
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Hmm, you know in the skein it doesn't look like it does in the sock, of course maybe that's because it's a picture, but I would never had thought it had those dull colors with those bright ones.
By the way I love the tablecloth, your table will be very lucky to have it finished.
The very first pair of socks I made was in this same yarn and color. I don't really like it either but my dd loves it so I made another pair in her size from the leftovers with pink heels and toes. They are her favorite socks!
Hot Tamale was the yarn I used to knit my first pair of socks. I hate it too, but my 5yo dd loves it.
I need to sort thru my sock yarn stash too . . . hmmm, maybe that will be today's project.
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