On Tuesday I went to stay with my friend/knitting teacher Maureen for a few hours. She is a bit laid up for the next few weeks, but we got to hang out for a while.
I knitted a scarf using a hank of Link by Berocco. I had purchased this last fall in some black/gray shades. This was an unusual selection for me as I usually pick bright colors. In a moment of serendipity, this color will match the new winter jacket I got which is black with gray fur (fake) around the hood.
I also have two or three kits for thrummed items - slippers and a hat. I found a great tutorial for this technigue at http://www.helloyarn.com/wp/?p=425 (Sorry, my Link button is not working). A LYS has some breakfast club classes in thrummed mittens which I don't think I can do, but this tutorial might do the trick for me.
Still have Cat Bordhi's Never Get Cold hat and a traveling scarf OTN.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Gosh, it's been a long time
So in 2010, I apparently abandoned by yarn diet resolution by April. They say when you are on a diet, if you stumble, you should get right back on the diet and continue forth. I didn't do that.
For some reason, the last couple of months of 2011 found me increasing my stash with hat yarn and scarf yarn, justified by the fact that I need a dog walking hat. Suddenly, I have enough yarn for three hats. I am working on one. I did manage in 2011 to go through all of my yarn and pull out some yarn that I will NEVER use and donated it to a school program. I also have a potential buyer for some yarn purchased to knit the Great American Afghan with. So that would be a destash.
In 2011, I was a member of the Cookie A Sock Club. While I loved being a member of the club, there were only two yarns that I really loved, and the rest were ok to yuck (for me - other people loved them, they just weren't to my taste.) I did destash two of the skeins, but I offset that by buying an additional skein of one of the colors that I liked. Unfortunately, the skein I got was not as pretty as the one that I had, and no one contacted me when I posted it was available.
For 2012, I had signed up for the second year of Cookie's club, PLUS the Tsarina of Tsocks Club, since I have been lusting after The Abbey pattern. After the last shipment of the Cookie A yarn, which was too much like a combo of the first month and the second or fourth month, I asked for a refund, so it will just be the Tsock Club.
So, 2012, I will attempt to reduce, reduce, reduce my consumption of all new knitting things: yarn, books, magazines, tools, gadgets, patterns, etc. and work on using up some of what I have. The goal is to start to enjoy what I have. However, if the pattern for The Abbey becomes available, I will have to use the excuse that a diet means you still get to eat, just not as much.
Happy New Year to all.
For some reason, the last couple of months of 2011 found me increasing my stash with hat yarn and scarf yarn, justified by the fact that I need a dog walking hat. Suddenly, I have enough yarn for three hats. I am working on one. I did manage in 2011 to go through all of my yarn and pull out some yarn that I will NEVER use and donated it to a school program. I also have a potential buyer for some yarn purchased to knit the Great American Afghan with. So that would be a destash.
In 2011, I was a member of the Cookie A Sock Club. While I loved being a member of the club, there were only two yarns that I really loved, and the rest were ok to yuck (for me - other people loved them, they just weren't to my taste.) I did destash two of the skeins, but I offset that by buying an additional skein of one of the colors that I liked. Unfortunately, the skein I got was not as pretty as the one that I had, and no one contacted me when I posted it was available.
For 2012, I had signed up for the second year of Cookie's club, PLUS the Tsarina of Tsocks Club, since I have been lusting after The Abbey pattern. After the last shipment of the Cookie A yarn, which was too much like a combo of the first month and the second or fourth month, I asked for a refund, so it will just be the Tsock Club.
So, 2012, I will attempt to reduce, reduce, reduce my consumption of all new knitting things: yarn, books, magazines, tools, gadgets, patterns, etc. and work on using up some of what I have. The goal is to start to enjoy what I have. However, if the pattern for The Abbey becomes available, I will have to use the excuse that a diet means you still get to eat, just not as much.
Happy New Year to all.
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