The Scarf is Complete!

I finished the scarf before Christmas, which was intended for my husband.  It's beautiful, soft and exactly what he wanted.  Unfortunately, it's too short for him.  I did not have enough skeins to make a suitable length for a man.  I know, get another skein, right?  Well I tried, I exhausted my resources.  This dye lot was not being produced any longer.  I mean, it had been over a year since I purchased the current skein.  I searched Amazon, called other yarn shops, even in other states, and nothing. I finally gave up and blinded off the scarf.  It was complete, but fit for a child or woman, definitely not a man. Needless to say, my husbands disappointed that the scarf won't work for him.

I was speaking with a friend about my conundrum, and she had two skeins of the same yarn, weight and everything, in a different color.  She offered to give them to me.  Well, I was SO excited!  I mean, I could actually make a new scarf for my husband and he could have it before the winter was over!  Well, I was very grateful and very appreciative to have this wonderful gift of free yarn.  So I accepted them, naturally.  It was a completely different color from what we had before, but beautiful none the less.  I showed my husband, I was very excited to say the least and he popped my bubble.  He told me that it was indeed a beautiful color, but he didn't want that color, and it would make a beautiful scarf for a girl.  Really?  I told him to wait until it's been knitted a bit, and he can see the full potential of this beautiful color.  It went with most everything he owned and wore regularly, he would surely see it's potential.  So, I began working on it and produced a good swatch for him to look at, and again with the "It is a good color, and it will be a wonderful scarf for a woman.".  I was defeated, I accept this now.  Now my quest is to find a few new skeins to make my husband a scarf that will actually work for him in a color that he will love. It will happen before Christmas 2013.  It's just a scarf, it shouldn't take that long, right? This is my goal, we'll see how well i fare with this before, lets say August.