A few weeks ago, while cleaning out my ART supplies, I found 3 skeins of jumbo yarn (roving) that Lauren had given me years ago. It was a thank you gift for taking care of baby Matilda. I had never used such huge yarn before, so I put it with the rest of my other ART supplies in the closet, waiting for the perfect project.
When I found the big yarn a few weeks ago, I went in search of a pattern. I was going to make Lars an afghan out of the strange, roving yarn. Finding a pattern was difficult. It was then that I decided to make the blanket using my arms. No needles. It was strange working with my arms and then about half way through, the old fibers started to fall apart. It made me very frustrated….and I threw it away.
Last week I told Lauren about what happened to the roving yarn. She laughed and did not mind at all. The funny thing is, it bothered me. Bothered me a lot. I wanted to make her something out of giant yarn……so I pulled out my size 50 knitting needles, and started looking for a pattern. Finding a pattern proved to be more difficult than I imagined. It was then I sat down and wrote my own pattern.
I dragged Larry to Michaels, to help pick out the jumbo yarn. Michaels had nothing, so we went to Joann’s. This is what we found.. It was on sale and I had coupons, but it was still expensive.
I bought 3 skeins of this yarn. With the big knitting needles in hand, the perfect jumbo yarn and my home-made pattern, I started the afghan for Lauren. I am using all three skeins of yarn, who knows what size it will end up being?
You can see the size of the yarn compared to my shoes. It is huge and it is clumsy. I feel like I am wrestling with it as I am knitting! The fun thing about the project is that it is for Lauren. It is a fun and funky blanket and I hope that she likes it.
Your job is not to say anything. I don’t think that she reads the blog often, so she should never know about the jumbo gift. If she finds out, I will know that one of you told her. (hahahaha)
I am pretty sure that I will never make one of these ever again. It is very strange and not very satisfying.
Love quote: “Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” ~Rose Franken
Love you, Me.