No Bologna, No Really

As a kid I ate my fair share of bologna sandwichs. However, as an adult I decided to not include it in my diet. But what fun to knit one and be able to enjoy it that way. Yup it was another of Susie Johns Fast Food patterns.

My bologna & cheese on whole wheat

I love the yarn used to make the whole wheat or maybe it's multi-grain bread. It was found at Yoko Yaya 123, a dollar store located in the International Village Mall in Vancouver. It has speckles of light and dark beige as well as yellow, and the darker crust looks pretty realistic to me. I also found the right material to stuff the slices so that it even feels like real bread. (It's a solid packing material, something used between plates.)

It was the pink for the bologna that was difficult to get just right. In my stash I had all these choices:

My pink stash

At first glance you might say any of these should probably work. I thought that way as well but found it wasn't the case. I knit a prototype and determined the pink in the middle at the back of this photo just wouldn't work. It ended up looking too rosy in colour and nothing like bologna. That eliminated all three of the rosy pinks and left me with the fuzzy, orange-pink and the more subtle dusty rose in the front. Ultimately I used that shiny more beige-like pink sitting in the lower right-hand corner of the photo.

Then there is the cheese slice, a must on my sandwich, well any sandwich really. I grew up in Wisconsin and, if left to my own devices, I could eat cheese for each course of the meal. Cheese for appys, cheese in the main course and cheese for or in the dessert. So of course I had to add a slice to this sandwich; it's mine that way.

I've now made a few of these and have exhausted the whole wheat/multi-grain yarn. So, I'm on the look out for more. Oh that seems so appealing, I'll have to go shopping again.

It's Remembrance Day tomorrow, (Veteran's Day), 11-11-11, and I won't forget to remember those who have sacrificed in the two countries I call home so that I can do silly things like this. Thanks to all who have served.

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