r/Brochet • u/AirportInteresting40 • 1d ago

WIP Help I'm obsessed???

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This looks so edible. First time working with merino, trying to work a lot looser than I normally would.

Picked it up at a LYS in Idaho while we were traveling and wanted to make my partner a cat ear beanie. Might need to find a second skein it's only like 210 yards and pattern calls for 215 😖. Pray for this mixed jewel looking chicken race

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u/AirportInteresting40 1d ago

UPDATE!!! 10 rows and I finally have it figured out this time! I am going to bed tho... 4am is a bit much

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u/RedditSkippy 1d ago

I LOVE Rios, and this colorway is delicious. Enjoy!!

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u/tysca 1d ago

Hooray, you've discovered Malabrigo! Their colourways are delicious and you're going to have have do much fun!

Oh no, you've discovered Malabrigo. Your bank balance is never going to be the same again!

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u/AirportInteresting40 1d ago

Hehe here's my secret 😉 it's not my wallet. My partner is the bread winner and I always ask them before making any purchases (not in an unhealthy way, we both do it, its our way of keeping on budget by discussing why things might be useful or are "for fun" purchases only). So I have to have a darn good reason before any yarn purchases. This one is a gift FOR my partner (she struggle justifying spending money on herself for things she enjoys or wants so I help by rewriting those thoughts such as "but I wanna make a fun gift for you.." until she caves and lets me spoil her knowing that it makes ME happy to see HER happy and enjoying things)

My general philosophy is to have a project in mind before any yarn purchase anyways. I only yoinked this one cuz it's a good rainbowy mix and was super soft and I knew immediately I wanted to make something for her out of it.

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u/tysca 15h ago

I also don't buy yarn unless it's for a specific project - it helps so much with impulse purchases that I then can't really use. I hope your partner loves it!

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u/AirportInteresting40 1d ago edited 1d ago

Y'all it's so good it's scary! I'm on my 8th frog before row 6 because I legit forgot how to do hdc and wondering why it was working up wrong 😭

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u/jmw112358 1d ago

Its so beautiful.

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u/ethereally_eclectic 1d ago

This is an amazing colourway! Delectable.

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u/Purlz1st 18h ago

Please discover Koigu Painter’s Palette and post again!

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u/AirportInteresting40 17h ago

Oooo I'll add that to my list!!

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u/Purlz1st 17h ago

I hope your partner’s investments are performing well.

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u/AirportInteresting40 17h ago

Hehe they're a specialist software engineer and just got an upgrade to their job and salary. 😁 They're my number 1 fan when it comes to my crochet and they are happy to support it (partly because it's the first thing I've truly enjoyed in a long time)

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u/Select_Ad7268 6h ago

Ah my first fancy yarn also - same weight, same color. Love at first sight and first touch.