A couple of Christmases ago, my BFF gifted me a bag of very random, quite expensive yarns/wools, including 2 skeins of a designer yak wool, and wools from 4ply, through to double knit as well as the thicker chunky yak wool.. She'd won them in a competition along with some very complex pattern books, and wanted them to see a new home.
I'm not well up on expensive yarns, usually shopping at the budget end of things (once upon a time due to financial constraints but these days, more due to my own tendency to start a project without finishing it), so they languished for a while until a recent visit from my mother in law.
Upon looking them up, they were all discontinued lines so not something where I could purchase additional skeins to coordinate.
Now my MIL is both a knitter and crocheter. When I showed her the strange little balls and skeins, she suggested a blanket or something made with granny squares.
So I started up with the yak wool, which was delightful to work with. Got to the size of a large cushion before running out of wool, so I decided to search my own wool stash for a coordinated colour. This variegated one, leftover from a knitted gilet, was just the ticket, especially as it has loads of teal which looks great with my chair. I used up all my leftover yarn in that stash to finish a nice little lap blanket. Here it is draped over my lovely reclining chair.
This was to be just the start of my next crochet adventure. Keep following for more experiments and stash busting journeys.
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