Funky Chunky by The Third Piece

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If you follow me on social media you have seen this picture of me displaying pure joy when I picked up my Funky Chunky yarn. I was in Texas for most of December and during a break I saw that I was tagged in a picture on Facebook. My immediate thought was someone purchased a shirt or a bag or something. What I did not expect was a picture of yarn from Do Ewe Knit and it wasn’t just any ole yarn is was THE yarn from The Third Piece. It was a picture of Funky Chunky, a yarn I had decided I was going to treat myself and place an order. You see as far as I knew you could only get it online. But insert Karen the owner of Do Ewe Knit and YES I could go to the shop, buy it and start knitting immediately! I was so happy and then it hit me…I was in Texas and would be for another week. I was distraught and wanted to cry.

If you could have seen the comments I left on the picture. LOL you would be convinced, if you are not already, that I need help. I was begging her to sell it to me over the phone and I would pick it up when I got home. Yes it was that serious, because if she had sold out, yea I would have been UP set! She only had 5 colors and I said give me 2 of each.

Fast forward to Saturday December 19th; one would expect me to sleep late when I was traveling ALL day to get home right? WRONG! I had yarn to pick up, but this happened. I went outside, skipping all the way to my car, humming in my head “It’s Chunky and it’s Funky and it’s mine” I get in the car and it wouldn’t start. Picture me fighting the air and yelling NOOOOOOOOO I have to get my yarn. I was going to cry, I promise you I was. Never mind ALL of the other yarn I own, we are not talking about THAT yarn..this was about my NEW yarn. Yarn I had been dreaming about. I wondered how much an UBER would cost to go to the yarn store, I was desperate. As always my daughter saved the day, she came and got me and took me…and she took that picture.

As you know I almost never buy yarn with a pattern in mind, the pattern finds us and the is what happened with the  Color Dipped Scarf from Purl Soho. I saw the pattern and knew it was the one. The pattern calls for a US17 needle, a needle that partnered with this yarn baby, talk about Sexy!! Funky Chunky is the perfect name for this yarn, it has a shine that makes it stand above the rest and the Chunk level is just right.

The yarn retails at $30 a skein…and it’s worth every penny if you ask me. I would definitely purchase again. You get 82 yards per skein, which makes it ideal for the one skein projects and a nice color selection. I partnered the Steel and the Barbie for my scarf, wanna see?

AND I used a US50 with this beautiful yarn to create my last project of the year. I used what I learned from Wool and the Gang and made a color blocked sweater/jacket thingy.

If I have learned anything it is simply this…Do what you love.PERIOD! Life hasn’t always been the best, but I merely knit my way right through it.

Knit on my fiber friends…knit on

~GG