One of the main challenges when thrifting yarn is putting together a palette for any project. Most of what I make are either one-skein or multicolor projects, as I don't have the luxury of going and purchasing multiple skeins in one color (I do sometimes thrift them when I can find them, but that's rare.)
For my next crochet project I want to use this lot of skeins, which coordinates well together, to make an Ocean Tranquility throw. I do need to tweak the palette a little, however, to suit what I'm imagining.
The first step is to shop my stash and pull some skeins that will coordinate as well. Since I moved my yarn onto book shelves this is so much easier.
This variegated yarn from the lot is the only skein I'm going to remove. In general I'm not a fan of black yarn, and this has a bit too much of it.
These are the skeins I pulled from my stash to add to the lot's blues and purples. I like a little green whenever I can incorporate it into a project as it's my favorite color. The darker violet will provide some contrast and balance. The variegated is to replace the one skein I removed.
The final palette looks nice. I'll keep all the skeins together in a basket until I'm ready to start on the throw.
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