Oh, it is probably my fault, but I still feel as though I have been wronged. I want to shake my fists, cry, and shout that my 5% more yarn than the pattern lists is a sufficient safety margin. However, that does not make me any less out of yarn, nor any closer to finishing it.
I decided to get serious about finishing my Rata scarf, and as I neared the top, I noticed the beginnings of the cone showing through beneath the yarn. That sinking feeling began to settle in, and I wondered, but kept going. Well, I made it to the top, and worked the edging almost all the way across before reaching the end of my yarn. Even if I had made it across the top, there is still the long trek working the edging down the right side of the scarf left undone. I did entertain the idea of not working the edging on the right side, but that was mostly a bargaining/wishful thinking thing in hopes that the yarn would go further than it did.
After that disappointment, I moved on to a Team CrankyPants Training Camp task--I finished prepping some fiber. The task has alternately made me think that I need a drum carder, and that I should never again attempt to prep fiber myself. It really was not even real fiber prep. I was just carding together two smaller bumps of combed fiber into one blended bunch of fluff. Still, it is done, and I am glad. I have been tossing about several ideas about my spinning for Le Tour, and the craziest of them involves beads and silk.
Anyway, I have decisions to make in regards to my Rata Scarf. I guess there are only two--rip, or buy more yarn. I am loathe to do either, but just letting it sit unfinished indefinitely is not an answer. I do have a plan, and hope you will weigh in on what you think about it. I might try blocking what I have to see how well I might like this scarf if I finish it. If it is so lovely that I must have it, I will buy more yarn. If I feel meh about it, I will rip.
