The Start of Something New

A hand holding six bright, colorful mini skeins of yarn.

You ever have a serendipitous trip to a yarn shop? I somehow lucked into one after stopping at a coffee shop that just happened to be right next door to a yarn shop. I promise I didn’t plan it that way. Inside, there were some marvelously bright mini skeins which were perfect for a knitting pattern that had caught my attention. That project: small, easy, color work Christmas ornaments. I know it’s January, just hear me out.

The holidays and the end of 2021 didn’t leave me much space for knitting. Especially not small bite sized bits of color work. So, when I stumbled across the Nordic Snowflake ornament, I was smitten. I imagined little bits of bright, almost neon snowflakes popping out at me from an obviously fake white tree. Add in the fun of color work and the promise of a quick knit, well, I was hooked on the idea.

One ball of charcoal colored yarn lined up next to 6 bright mini skeins.

The only problem was that I don’t have a lot of bright, almost neon colors in my stash. So, lucking across a whole (on sale) selection to choose from absolutely made my day. The kiddo helped me pick out 6 colors and a charcoal yarn for contrast. The next day, she helped me wind the yarn into cakes. It’s a joint project now I guess. :)

Six wound mini skeins sitting in a black rope basket with a ball of charcoal colored yarn.