Serendepity and Knitting

Grandma's Dishcloth Baby Blanket

What do you do when you are nearly finished with a project, it's past midnight -- and you are about to run out of yarn? A fast run to the yarn store is not an option when you live 30 miles from everywhere. 

I did what any good knitter does -- I went shopping in my stash. The baby blanket in progress was made from a Peaches and Cream yarn from Walmart. 100% cotton (good for babies.) The background was off white with flecks of color throughout.  I bought an entire cone of the yarn, expecting to have plenty for one baby blanket. However, I used size 8 needles and made the blanket large -- 36" per side. That takes a lot of yarn.  Now -- did I have a remnant of that yarn from some other project in my stash?

After rummaging in all the nooks and crannies where I stash yarn, the answer came up: No.  Now what? Fall back and punt!

I found a ball of Lily's Sugar and Cream in red. Quickly ripping back the blanket in progress, I inserted a series of red stripes across one end. That gave me enough "cushion" to finish the blanket, and even have a bit of the original yarn left over. You know, I rather like it. It gives the blanket more character than a plain blanket would have had.

That's Serendipity -- or what Artists call "a happy accident."  Hm... Maybe I planned it to be this way all along. Do you think I can convince folks of that? :)