I played yarn chicken today. I had four rows left on a blanket where I needed to use this color. I did not feel encouraged in the slightest, but I so wanted to win 😅
Indeed, I lost.
I made it almost three rows, but there was no saving it. Just no possible way. The thing is, I saw this probably would likely arise a good while ago, and I bought more of this yarn! However, it was a visibly different dye lot, and I couldn’t make it work.
I had the plan to run into the city and grab another ball of the right toned yarn. I was going in this afternoon anyway, so it was good timing. When I checked the Michaels locations, unlike the last time when both were well stocked with this exact kind and color, there was ONE skein of it left in the entire city. And it struck me that it was entirely possible that it would be the wrong dye lot again. Then my previous city engagement was cancelled. With the cost of gas being what it is, I couldn’t justify the risk of driving all the way in for something I already had.
So rather than do that, I took the yarn I did have and looked it over. One color in the yarn in particular was WAY brighter than in the rest of my project. But I was desperate enough to cut the yarn into pieces to remove that bright chunk, and then tie it together with the pieces that were closer in color. I left some of the bright tones in that I would cover with the next row. They won’t be visible after the next row. But you get the gist, right? They are SO much brighter. Nicer, even! But WAY too obvious to just start using that yarn partway through.
I’m repeating myself. You get it. I worked with what I had, and its going to turn out, even though the last row and a half were super annoying to put together 😅 I lost at yarn chicken, but it felt mildly victorious to use what I had rather than wasting time and money.
I’m sure I’ll have time to waste money on yarn again soon.
