November 30, 2022

I packed up my knitting and crocheting projects so they’ll be ready to drop off at the Salvation Army the next time we are out. I wasn’t sure how much I would have this year as I ran out of yarn quite early in the year – unless of course I find more stashed away somewhere.

I had quite a bit of yarn left from Taylor’s Big Blanket so I finished it with several scarves. Christy took a couple home with here on her visit earlier this month but I still had four of them to pass along, along with one straggler.

There were two more large shawls finished. In both cases I tried to sell the yarn but when that didn’t work I got out the needles and made something with it myself. There were also a couple of small afghans as well as one full sized one.

I knit this scarf to use up the last of the Coton Supra yarn that didn’t go into the shawl. I made up the pattern myself but I’m sure, subconsciencely, the idea was from something else I’ve made. It is done on a 3-row repeat and I had to be sure I knew where I was in the row count as taking this very textured yarn back wouldn’t have been easy. The scarf is very soft and will feel good around the neck.

It will be a donation.

Two more knitting projects finished. I tried to sell the yarn that these are made from but had no luck – twice. So I decided I’d knit up something myself.

I love the texture in both of these shawls; they will be donations to someone.

I had six skeins of yarn left from Taylor’s blanket. The yarn is very thick so my choice of patterns was limited. It would have made a soft blanket but I didn’t think the yarn would be good to have around babies; it shed a lot while I was knitting and I’m not sure if it was just from where I cut it.

I used a simple K1, P1 pattern with just nine stitches so each one took only one evening to knit up. The scarves may not be as long as I would normally make but it is hard to join the yarn when it was so thick so one skein made one scarf.

These will be donated but when the winter weather arrives I may pull one out for myself; I think it will go nicely with my winter coat.