Well, Phooey

[ladysprite]

So about a year ago I found an adorable pattern for a crocheted shrug, that I decided to make for myself. And since I was in the mood to splurge, I decided to make it with the utterly gorgeous, sparkly, handpainted, $45/skein yarn that I fell in love with at the local boutique yarn store, instead of the recommended crochet cotton.

The project was set aside for the winter, since I didn't finish it in time to wear last summer, but I pulled it out a couple of weeks ago and have been working on it pretty steadily. In fact, I'm almost done with it.

This is how I know that I am going to wind up JUST short. Like, two motifs short, out of 54 joined together to make the darn thing.

Of course, I didn't keep the label for the yarn, which makes it a little hard to even contemplate buying more. Luckily, the yarn store I bought it at has a list of the brands they carry, and between that, Ravelry, and Google, I am pretty sure of exactly what fiber I'm working with - unfortunately, as far as I can tell, it's a colorway that doesn't quite exist anymore. At least, it's not listed on the brand's website.

So. I need to hie me down to Windsor Button and hope and pray that they still have this stuff in stock, a year later. Otherwise it looks like I will have a very expensive, time-consuming waste of fiber and energy on my hands. Unless some miraculous human being can get me a skein of Blue Heron Rayon Metallic yarn, in Blue Violet/gold, for which I will pay dearly in both cash and gratitude....

Of course, that will leave me with about 400 extra yards of the stuff. Two damn motifs. Maybe I can just leave the left sleeve open in the back as a fashion statement.

Comments

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

If you know what it is, perhaps you can call other yarn stores and see if they still have it on their shelves.

A good one is: http://www.patternworks.com/

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

Okay, some searching turns up this:

http://www.covetedyarn.com/stores/coveted-yarn/item-29-Rayon-Metallic-by-Blue-Heron?PHPSESSID=4i5n131ipliluivccspnpr7060

Is that the right blue violet, by any chance? I'm not seeing blue violet/gold, so I'm not sure.

[rosinavs.livejournal.com]

According to Ravelry, the following local yarn stores have the yarn, and may have the colorway. Island Yarn Company in Waltham, islandyarncompany.com; In Stitches in Weston, institchesweston.com; Coveted Yarn in Gloucester, covetedyarn.com. Also an online store, Great Yarn Company, has the yarn, greatyarncompany.com. I'll check out the colorway and see what I can find.

[gyzki.livejournal.com]

Read in the right font (or maybe that's the wrong font), y'all seem to be looking for just the right shade of sweet potato ('yarn' : 'yam'). Gives me a giggle.

Good hunting.

[odanu.livejournal.com]

I'm asking my twitter list. Lots of yarnies there.