Thursday, July 5, 2007

Not Liking It At All.... Ugh!

A box arrived this morning from Blue Moon. I had ordered about a month ago some yarn in mediumweight for the Chevron Scarf. I was not pleased to have to pay duty on this order. Whenever I receive my sock club kit, the value is always low, and I never have to pay duty. I could swear, that the last time I ordered STR from there, I didn't have to pay duty on the 6 skeins I ordered. This time, another story. 24$ and change in duty taxes.

I was also not pleased to see this knot in my yarn when I wound it into a cake. Luckily, it's at the end of the skein, when wound, so maybe I won't get to it.

Last night at the knitting meetup, I cast on and worked on my Chevron Scarf. However, I'm not liking this color combination. I think I had something else pictured in my mind, and well, I do not like this at all. It'll be getting frogged, and I'm not sure what I'm going to try out instead. I do have other color combinations to try, so we'll see. I'll let you know what I come up with.

I'm just not really impressed with the black onyx with this. The fire on the mountain is fun and vibrant, and I thought the "black" onyx would make it jump, but the black onyx is just really dull grey tones, and I don't like it. Looks like my husband may be getting a pair of grey socks.

Some people on my blog suggested that I maybe start with the other colorway and reverse how I started it, but I do not think that will make a difference at all, unfortunately. It doesnt matter which order I do the yarn in... it still gives two rows each of the color, and they just do not go together, in my opinion!

.... they looked better on the computer monitor together when I ordered them!

5 comments:

Angelika said...

I hate it when that happens. Either the colors don't hold what they promise or they just look different in your mind. I hope you find a good mate for the firey yarn. It looks so great.

Marti said...

At least you are making a decision early on. I haven't touched mine for days. Many people have said they like my combo but...I keep wanting to try a different one...maybe I will since I have enough yarn....
That is horrible about the duty's you had to pay! Very expensive yarn now!

Karla said...

Personally, I like your combo, but to each his own! I am doing the popular watermelon tourmaline / farmhouse combo, and I am finding that I am not liking it nearly as much in person as I did in the pics in the flickr pool. I have 2 other colors, maybe I should switch it up before I get too far along...

Linda said...

I actually like it - maybe you should do a little more to get a bigger look at it. Or if you absolutely hate it you should definitely frog it. No sense making something you don't like - I know that feeling! Its so hard to choose colors on the internet.

g-girl said...

oh no...sorry to hear you're not liking the colors that are coming out as you were working on your scarf--that was me @ first too and I would've suggested the same thing that others knitters have already suggested but I know I'm wasting my breath..maybe the contrasting color could be something more subdued? It depends on the look you're going for. hope you find something that works. :)