Needing a specific yarn and a big howdy

Posted by Susan Carey on December 29, 2006, 11:41 am

Good Morning,

I purchased yarn on Ebay to make an afghan for my dil. I have run out
and do not want to complete this as is. She, the seller, is no longer
listing items. It is such an old yarn that Coats and Clark and
Herrshners do not have even record of its existence. My thought is that
it is not an American made product as it has French as the alternate
language and the person I purchased it from was in Canada. So please
help me by searching your stash if you can. I need: Red Heart Chunky
Shetland Heather Forest. It is 25% wool, a pretty dark green. The
colors Paton's has are not the same and I am wanting to make this
perfect for her.

Okay, the rest of the story: In February I left working at the nursing
home and started as a traveling nurse, meaning that I take a 13 week
stint in one place and then move on. Well, I stayed at the first
assignment for 3 rotations and am now going on to a different location,
to Largo, FL. I start the 8th, so I am getting excited, but am also
nervous about it. It will be that much further away from my home and so
on. Working in Jacksonville was perfect, but that job is no more.

In July my cousin's wife passed on. It was such a blessing but a
hardship for my cousin. He went out and bought a red convertible as a
retirement gift to himself in September and has been traveling pretty
much since then.

DS and DGF were married in May. We all took a trip to Montana to
another family wedding in July. DD is still dating the same guy and
continues in school. Grand kids are fine, but their dad has some kind
of illness that has yet to be diagnosed. Nothing else is
happening...still knitting away, and still owe some people some
squares. I do have the addresses so I will get them out soon, I think.

Happy New Year to all, and thanks for asking, Katherine!

Hugs,
Susan

Posted by WoolyGooly on December 30, 2006, 2:01 pm

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I see that line turning up on Ebay pretty regularly so you may get
lucky and be able to find the correct color if you watch listings
pretty closely. There are some other wool/acrylic blends you might
look at too, such as Darkhorse, Stylecraft, and KingCole. To blend in
a slightly different color work a round/row of a contrast color, then
switch to the new dyelot.

Posted by Susan Carey on December 30, 2006, 7:35 pm

Thanks Wooly,

The problem, to me, is that I am near 3/4 done with it. I'll keep
watching Ebay.

Susan
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