***Originally published on November 4, 2014***Here is a stellar example of the benefits that come from blending your own yarns, like we do here at Yarnia.This week, I decided to get started on this vest that I want to make for Jesse’s Christmas present.  It’s been years since I’ve made him anything, he’s a dapper guy, and though I still dutifully heed the freakishly accurate warnings about The Sweater Curse, this guy deserves a vest.I knew I had my heart set on an earthy, heathered brown — a blend of something wonderfully warm and soft, like merino/alpaca.  What I hadn’t ...