Maybe you won’t understand this reject.

But you will soon.

Some of these rejects are really hideous. But Mrs. Roseblossom isn't. Be nice to her, she's a fragile old soul.

Maybe you'll disagree with my assessment and think Mrs. Roseblossom is the worst of the lot so far. And to that I say: "that's the way the cookie crumbles" and "que sera sera" and "a penny saved is a penny earned" and "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and "drastic times call for drastic measures" and "put the pedal to the metal" and "Rome wasn't built in a day" and "when it rains, it pours."

We've probably disagreed before and both lived to tell the tale. I think we'll make it through again.




Mrs. Roseblossom was rejected because she was the catalyst for a better idea. A better idea you'll see soon enough with the launch of our new spring collection. So, tip o' the hat, to you Mrs. Roseblossom. Rest in peace.

Ay yi yi…

Yesterday was particularly painful. I'm glad you all agreed with me that the yarn was h.i.d.e.o.u.s. No further discussion or second guessing needed on that piece of clown throw up.

But I'm not sure how much more of this I can take. I need to just press enter and run for cover, it's getting difficult to talk myself into putting more of these up.



Hmmm... how to describe why this one wasn't chosen...

Is "I don't like it" enough?

Because I don't like it.

And I refuse to dye it again.



It has kind of retro '70s vibe, don't you think?

Sort of. In a bad way.

Sigh.

I think you can learn five things about me from this parade of rejects:

1. I learn from my mistakes

2. I have the perseverance to try, try again.

3. I love coffee.

4. I take pride in my work and really believe in every colorway I sell.

5.  I've spent too much time talking to yarn.

When bad yarn happens to good Yarnistas

This post is painful for me to write. Maybe I will just stop right now.

PLEASE, do not feel obligated to nice comments saying how much you like this colorway just to make me feel better.

It's ugly. I get it.

I'm afraid to show you.

It's so bad, guys. Really bad. It's much much worse than these rejects.

Let me just preface this by saying that I was forced against my will to do this colorway.  Someone who shall remain nameless but whose name rhymes with Zeg except she uses an M at the front of her name instead of a Z. (That's ZEEEEE to all you people outside the US. ;)) Do not blame me and do not hold it against me.

I want you to mentally prepare yourself for the ugliness you're about to encounter. Only click the link if you promise not to blame me or hold it against me.

Promise?



I want to die. This looks like a preschool Kool Aid project gone horribly awry. This looks like clown vomit.



Uck.

Please don't judge me. Please have mercy. You promised!

The number three reject.

I have GOT to find another way to say that. Reject is so harsh.

Number three was [this close] to making the team. I had her on the short list. But alas, I had to go with someone better. (See the other rejected contestants here and here.)


Mrs. Blah is unique in that she will guarantee no pooling of colors whatsoever. She's made using a new dyeing technique I'm perfecting. (And apparently, didn't get it quite right with Mrs. Blah here.)

I mean, she's not hideous. She's not ugly, perse. She just lacks a certain joie de vivre, a certain chutzpah that I like my colorways to have.

I also like my colorways to be multi-lingual. It's required.



Mrs. Blah is a variation of Mr. Boring. Can you see the similarities? Mrs. Blah on the left, Mr. Boring on the right.


    

Mrs. Blah has a little more oomph than Mr. Boring.



But she's still a little too... blah for me. She's lacking...je ne sais quoi.

Reject #4 is coming tomorrow. Dude. She's REALLY ugly. She has a face not even I, her mother, could love.

Reject Contestant #2

Our second contestant in the Parade of Rejects is Mr. Boring from Studio City, Maryland.

Mr. Boring features navy blue, dark indigo, lighter blue, sagey brown, and some other things that, in conjunction, seem quite boring.



Mr. Boring joins Contestant #1 in the Not Picked for the Team team. I'm sorry sir, but you do not float my boat.




So, just how boring do you find Mr. Boring?

Join us tomorrow to find out about Contestant #3!