Today's Basket

[susandennis]

When my yarn place had a free shipping sale, I went nuts. The goods arrived a couple of weeks ago but stayed in the closet until the basket got bare. This is half of the new stash. I love the colors but it's not the softest yarn.

The animal (bunny) du jour is out of the softest yarn ever. It's not my usual stuff and a bit pricey but oh man is it soft. The color is a deep deep purple that is a bitch to work with because it is so dark. I've had the skein for a while and just decided that a grape bunny was what it needed to be.

Comments

[stasia]

About how much yarn does each animal take, anyway? Less than one skein, clearly, but... well, I'm just nosy (and eying my stash), so I thought I'd pester you.

I wonder if I should knit you one of the felted bunnies I like to make, so you have a bunny of your own to hug, made by someone else.

Stasia

[susandennis]

Amount of yarn depends on the animal and whether or not it takes a skein depends on the size of the skein. I have never marked out just how much each takes and I use different size skeins so it's hard to answer.

Your offer is very kind. I have already too many stuffed animals around this place. I'll bet you have a place like the Baby Corner http://www.seattlebabycorner.org near you that would love to have a bunny to give.

[susandennis]

This is not a yarn I use often (it's too expensive) but I had a skein and just used it for the bunny. Because of his long ears, the bunny takes the most yarn of any of the animals. This is what I had left over.



But, I just remembered I started with a ball about that size (from a former skein so maybe this size skein of this brand of yarn is exactly one bunny's worth.