She commented on a grey bonnet and pant set, but that was custom dyed yarn and I wasn't planning to dye anymore. I told her I had a little grey bonnet already done (small fib--it just needed the ties), and she liked it.
I can't believe I had this sitting in my drawer for soooo long, and all it needed were the ties!
The yarn has a nice texture to it, and pink and blue slubs. I have no clue what the yarn is, I think it was a thrift store find. This hat weighs in at 23gr.
She wanted a cream, gender neutral set like the grey one I did for Jenna Faye Photography. The gray was cream Patons "Lace" that I dyed. I sent her a photo of it, plus another no-name ball of fuzzier cream yarn. She picked the fuzzier cream one. As soon as I started knitting with it, I realized it wasn't really all that soft. Once it was done, I turned the items inside out, and with small scissors, cut off all the halo on the inside. Then I soaked it over night in hair conditioner. Much softer now, but it's still not the softest thing I've made. The set weighs in at 74gr.
She also wanted a brown mohair bonnet. I did not have any brown mohair! I tried blending a few yarns together, but it didn't have that "aaahhh" factor. So I did one up in Patons "Divine". I love this yarn. I don't know why they discontinued it!
Because of all the texture and already being bulky, I made it plain. It weighs in at a whopping 19gr. I could knit a lot of these with my Divine stash, LOL.
We were going out, and to a store just two doors down from Soper Creek Yarn...so of course I took advantaged and stopped in to look for finer brown mohair. I found a basket of Nashua "Creative Focus Kid Mohair", and that was the only brown mohair in stock. A little thicker than I would have liked, but very soft.
I had a few problems...getting the right stitch count, keeping track of what I was doing. Ugh, ripping out mohair! It did turn out a smidge small, but babies come in all sizes. And it's stretchy. It weighs 18gr. I let her have her choice of the two brown ones, and she chose this one.
So nice making quick baby items again!
Yarn In: 3975gr
Yarn Out: 134gr + 5463gr = 5597gr
Balance: 1622gr more used UP than brought in
Costs: $ 204.82 /301 days = $0.68/day
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