Knitting Nightmare!
I think I may be knitting the most expensive scarf in the history of mankind - by mistake!
In the wool shop I saw a lovely big chunky scarf and asked about the wool to make it. She said it was 11€ the ball and they used 4 balls! OK then…what about a cheaper option… So she showed me some wool for 4.50€ which was less chunky but still lovely. She told me I would need 4 balls adn some chunky knitting needles. So after spending 25€ and thinking, ‘this had better be a good scarf’ I leave.
Anyway, I knit the first ball and it gives me a very little and after measuring it against an exisiting scarf I realise it’s only 1/8 of a scarf! I would need 4 more balls…this scarf is getting more and more expensive. So I ring up the shop to see if they have 4 more of the same batch, and they don’t.
So I trundle back in to Paris to get my moeny back on the 3 balls I haven’t started and buy something cheaper. They refuse to give me my money back and insist that I exchange. I had already bought the chunk needles so I was pretty much stuck with those. So I had to buy more of the chunky wool in another colour that I liked less. So I have now got 10 balls of wool - my scarf has cost me 45€ plus the needles! Can you imagine?! What a nightmare! I will frame it. This is not a scarf for wearing!! 
At least I’ve learnt a few lessons. Go to cheaper shops and always make sure they have enough of the right wool to begin with!
However, the one ball that I did knit was good fun! It’s like reading a book when you can’t put it down…I can’t stop knitting! Pity I didn’t decide this in October…I’ll have to wait til next winter to wear one of my creations!
