It’s Sunday night and I’m being good and writing my blog post on time! I have no idea which week I’m on right now, I’ll have to count up sometime.. This week, I’ve been completely reworking my list. I still have some decisions to make, but for the most part the list is done. When I buy yarn, I usually buy it for a certain project. But sometimes they don’t work out, or I change my mind, and I currently have a yarn stash in two plastic boxes. Admittedly one box is completely full of yarn for my blanket (more on that later), but I also have quite a few other balls of yarn.
The new list is using as much of that yarn as I can. Most of it is scarves and shawls, which I love making, a couple of things I haven’t chosen patterns for. The blanket is really my biggest problem. I should be working on my realta blanket, but I haven’t done anything to it for ages. I think part of the problem is that the tiles for it are quite big and take a while to make, but at the same time they’re very repetitive. I love the look of the finished blankets, but I have no motivation to get there. I think what I need is either smaller blocks, or more variety, maybe both. I haven’t made a decision about the blanket yet. That’s this week’s challenge.
This week I’ve mostly been working on my Magrathea after finishing off my phone cosy (top photo) on Wednesday. I had a minor disaster where I had to take out a whole pattern repeat yesterday because I’d done something weird with one of my k2togs. I’m not really sure how many pattern repeats I’m going to do. The pattern is 25 repeats, but that’s for fingering yarn, not aran. I’m just going to keep going until I’m happy with the length. I love how soft it feels, and the garter stitch body is deliciously squishy! I’m also knitting it now, instead of knooking - but more on that next week - it deserves it’s own post!
So here’s my new list, with all my new projects and many removed.
The Revised List
Scarves and Shawls
- Lacey Crochet Scarf <- Finished
- Iris Crocheted Shawl <- Finished
- Shawl Collared Cowl <- Finished
- Urban Shells <- Finished
- Elise Shawl <- Finished
- Betula Ring <- Finished
- Recuerdos de Infancia <- In progress
- Magrathea <- In progress
- Happy Lavender Scarf <- In progress
- Mochi Neck Warmer <- Frogging first Betula Ring for yarn
- Branching Out - Patons Smoothie DK
- Chinook/A Little Bit Bohemian - Debbie Bliss Andes
- Henslowe <- Stash Addict yarn
- 200 Fingering Rocket Shawl/Usoa Shawl <- Drops Fabel
- My Kind of Town Cowl <- Wendy Serenity Super Chunky
- Sunderland <- Wendy Happy (Cinders)
- Blue Lagoon
Amigurumi
- Knit Bunnies x 7 <- Finished
- Realistic Octopus <- Finished
- Sheldon Turtle <- Have yarn
- Tilly the Panda
- Finola the Fox
- Chester the Dog <- Knit picks yarn
Other Things
- Tote Bag <- Finished
- Windschief Hat <- Finished
- Snowbaby Hat<- Finished
- Skaði Fingerless Gloves <- Finished
- Realta Blanket <- In progress
- Giselle
- Genevieve <- In Progress
- Faceclothes/Make up pads <- Drops Paris
- Cap Sleeved Top <- Freedom Sincere
- Calorimetry<- Have yarn
- Phone sock/cosy <- Finished
- Pin cushion
- Fingerless gloves
From pressing flowers and plastic canvas embroidery as a child and cross stitch when I was teenager to chain mail and wire jewellery and crochet now, I've always loved crafting, and this is my crafting blog.
