This year I got my youngest sister Courtney's name. I decided to knit her a scarf. I am slowly trying to knit everyone in my family something. Since I am a little slow in getting this done the hand knitted items that family members have are becoming famous. Since Courtney has not yet received a knitted item I thought she would enjoy a scarf. Something useful and since scarfs do not require tons of yarn they are fairly inexpensive gifts and I could still afford to get her something else.
Well I thought I heard her say she wanted a multicolor scarf. So I bought a very pretty variegated pastel yarn. After a few false starts I finally decided on a pattern.
I knew that it looked a little baby blanketish but Courtney likes to wear pastels and so I thought maybe she would like this.
Well I showed the yarn to my older sister and she said Courtney wanted "a neutral color with flecks". What in the world did that mean? So I took myself back down to the yarn store and about a simple ivory colored yarn. I don't know what she meant by flecks but I figured you can't go wrong with ivory it goes with everything.
Then I remember that I had to go to another town that has an even better yarn store and so I would look for some yarn there. I got a very soft wool and alpaca blend but I was not really happy about the color.
I was feeling a lot frustrated and everyone seemed to be giving me an opinion about a scarf for Courtney and they were all different. So as I pondered this new yarn and what pattern to use I remembered a very nice yarn that I had in my stash. It has some neutral colors in it and because it is a self patterning yarn I think that when the colors blend it looks a little like flecks.
So this is it. My scarf for Courtney. I think it is perfect for her.
I think that it is a great choice too. I would have to agree about the other options. But the one you picked is great. It is bright colors but frankly alot of colors that she wears often. She will love it. I can't wait to see the end result.
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