Mmmmmmm..... Yarn.....

One of the moms from work apparently has a bad habit of starting projects with the best intentions, investing money and then not following through.  While I TOTALLY understand that problem I can also understand why her husband told her she had to get rid of some of her "projects".... especially considering that one of the unused items was a professionally installed kiln!!  Knowing the back ground I was not at all surprised when her husband brought in a giant bag of yarn one day and told me that she was gifting it to me.

This happened right before I got sick so while I was laying in my bed the bag of yarn kept catching my eye until I finally just dumped it out on the bed so I could look at it and try to get an idea of what I wanted to make.

It kind of sucks that you can't see my toes in this picture because I seriously just laid in bed rolling the yarn into balls and looking at it.  I know I'm crazy but yarn makes me happy.  Also, throwing it into the basket became a game and one of my only means of entertainment.  It's actually a pretty good time when you have a high fever.

I got to the point where my brain couldn't consider following a pattern or even doing something simple like a scarf but I really wanted to make something.

The more I looked at all the yarn, the more I realized I liked all of the different colors and textures together.

I remembered seeing a friend make a simple scarf that was nothing more than a lot of different strands held together with a piece of tied string.  The simplicity of that was RIGHT up my alley.

Fairly quickly I put maybe 8 of them together.

I've been wearing one and I love it.  I gave one to one of the teachers at work and one to my niece tonight.  I love the idea of giving them all away.

I "signed up" for a pay it forward game on Facebook.  Someone is sending me a gift and I am going to send 5 gifts out into the world with the expectation that those five people will give away their own gifts to five more people.  I love that idea but I'm not sure whether or not I'm going to use these for  that.  There is just something nice about the idea of giving something to someone for absolutely no reason and with no expectations of reciprocation.

So no instructions needed.... Literally just cut yarn to whatever length you like, tie it together and you are done!

Maybe if you make one, you can make two and make someone smile.