Mine came today. It is the most wonderful assortment of blues and purples with a touch of green and red. I got three skeins. I will agree with the post that I read about the lack of softness, but I feel confident that I can find some wonderful use for it. It seems only fitting since my mother has had a mastectomy and so has one of the Special Couple. A portion of the purchase goes towards providing mammograms to ladies that would not otherwise be able to afford them, so it is a good cause.
It is re-cycled silk, so any of you out there in blog land that have any suggestions, send 'em my way!
2 comments:
That was me that brought it to the attention of the Scavenger Hunt swap. :) I received mine today too! Mine is a very pretty blue green, I love the colors. However, mine smells a bit funky - kind of musty. I thought I might wash it before I start working with it... any ideas? Oh yes, as far as patterns go, I think I'm doing the Unbiased purse from Knitty.com
the unbiased is very nice. i'll have a dig through the "bag" section of my pattern binder, too, since i know that there is something in there from a back issue of IK. and no worries - any funky smells (other than the funky silk smell) vanish after a nice bath.
great cause, btw. the recycled silk that i have is all from third world coops geared at helping women.
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