Yarn Crate

Yup, the bin is empty and the yarn has been packed into a crate. This is progress!

The dismantled cardi has become a collection of squares that need to be remantled? mantled? stitched up!

Next on the list are these lovelies;

which will be heading off before christmas to lurk under somebodies tree

and in the interests of working my way down through the crate;

these lovely stone-coloured cottons are marked up as my 'evening knitting'*

*it's simple enough I can watch CSI without losing the plot.

A few small knits have knocked a hole in the leftovers stash:

Heading soon to https://www.etsy.com/shop/theoccasionalpurl

Yarn Bin, the next stage

Once upon a time there was nearly a cardigan. Sadly, by the time I got around to the 2nd sleeve, I hadn't a clue how I'd done the first one. Also, I couldn't really see me ever wearing it.

Back to basics it went

and it is headed for blankethood...

Yarn Bin, month 1

A bit slower than planned! (isn't everything?)
The snuggly alpaca blends gave me a couple of neckwarmers

and the next week, I carried on the theme with a bundle of pure alpaca that has been sitting around looking at me for far too long.

2 weeks intermittent knitting and many dvd's later, I have this!

For practicality, it is useless. Doorhandles are a particular hazard and there are a few too many holes (deliberate!) for it to be much help against Derbyshire weather. But it is silky, and snug and the closest I'm going to be able to get to wearing a blanket at work. So it's mine!

Yarn Bin week 1

150g soft and fuzzy alpaca and wool blends

Yarn Bin

The yarn bin
Ever so slightly, the bane of my life.. Full of bits and pieces, odds and ends - all too good to throw away and in desperate need of being turning onto something. Something other than a slightly tangled heap that inspires glances of pity from other, better organised knitters.

Some years ago, I tried a Year of Yarn project, to try to get on top of my overwhelming yarn habit. It rather fell by the wayside, as I'd underestimated how much time would be taken up with a new business, a new baby and trying to prop up a flood-damaged house.

This time round, it's the slightly less catchy 6 Months of Yarn. 6 months (ish) till Candlemas. 4kg of yarn bits.

Got to be do-able, right?