One way to celebrate ~

In pondering the best way to celebrate one year of delightful blogging (I think it has been delightful, but not all the family votes are in!) about yarn and knitting and all related topics. Since I've recently been part of the Webs Parade of Sale Yarns (and what a great parade it has been), I thought that I would not buy more yarn... *sigh* ....


but, instead try out a new pattern that I'd been longing to cast on.... so I did. Out of the library book Knit One Below (which I check out of the library on a regular basis) I cast on the basic scarf. There is also a free download of the scarf on Ravelry,


This pattern uses two yarns, one a "noro type" with long color repeats and the other should be a complementary color. I'm using Noro from my stash and also a hot pink Tahki "Sable" yarn 70% merino and 30% french angora that I bought years ago in the $2 bin at a yarn sale! I love using stash yarn, especially when I've bought it on an incredible sale with no clue what I'll knit with it! The hot pink matches perfectly with the Noro. I took two pictures so you could see the way the pattern of Knit One Below shows the two yarns. I'm having fun with the new pattern and will keep you posted on my success!