This is my year to attempt to use up my sock yarn. This shawl used up a substantial amount of it. I love the lacy look of it and the border finishes it off nicely.

Whenever I’m in Saskatoon Kathryn and I try to spend some time at a Michael’s store. Although it doesn’t show well in the photos there is a shiny thread that runs through the yarn. The pattern they gave to go along with the yarn was complicated and, since I was on holiday, I decided to make a simple triangular shawl.

November 30, 2018

All my knitting is done as a donation – either shawls to the Church or for the Christmas baskets from the Salvation Army – and Mum’s birthday is perfect timing so I make them in her honour.

I more or less made up my own pattern for this. I had a picture cut from a magazine (from many years ago) and I’ve always liked the colours and the sequence of colours.

The stitch for the bottom sections is a duplicate of a pattern I’ve used many times in baby blankets. It works up fine in the heavier weight yarn. The rest of the pattern was straight garter stitch.

I’d like to try this in a light-weight and softer yarn – I think it would make a lovely shawl.

Taylor asked me to make her a Messy Bun hat in teal. I found a free pattern online but I didn’t have any teal yarn in my bins. When I asked for an alternate colour she picked purple; I didn’t have any purple either. But Walmart had both colours so I was set to start.

It didn’t take long to knit and I had it in the mail before I took a photo. When Taylor received the package she called me to say thank you. I asked if she would like one in purple as well (since I had the yarn) and we agreed I’d make a second one.

I finished the second one today and I’ll get it off in the mail to her tomorrow.