Another project from my evening stitching and my goal to use up my yarn.

I’m quite sure this yarn followed me from Yellowknife, through Port Coquitlam and finally to Powell River. I didn’t have enough of it to make one of my standard baby blankets so I found a crochet stitch to use and crossed my fingers that it would turn out to be a good size.

The stitch I used is a shell stitch. It might have been better had I used a larger hook but I’m okay with the results.

This will be a donation to the BOND group. They give out baskets to all the babies born to their members; the Guild has donated several quilts to them so I know they can use blankets of all sorts.

I’ve had this crochet pattern for years; it was cut from a magazine probably while I was still living up North. The pattern appealed because it looked so very soft and it was done in a wash of colours. I pulled what I thought was the last of my Misty yarn (I’ve since found more) and decided to make the pattern up using yarn that I had. I had to play around quite a bit with the hook size to get it as soft as I wanted but I am pleased with the results. The variegated yarn worked well in the pattern.

When Christy and the kids were here they were going through my quilts and wall hangings and picking out some to take home. Taylor saw my almost-finished afghan and noted how soft it was (mission accomplished apparently). She didn’t ask me if she could have it but her Mum said if it wasn’t for someone in particular Taylor would really like it.

I finished the stitching (and the yarn) on the weekend and it will be off to Taylor.

When I lived in the North this was my favourite yarn. I can’t remember how many items I made from it but there were a lot of them. I remember that I made Dad a sweater one year for Christmas.

I didn’t have a lot of it left but what I had I used to make a few more hats in some of my favourite patterns. The bobble hats are from a pattern designed for the Husky yarn; the other two are patterns I’ve found online and have been using quite frequently regardless of the type of yarn I’m using.

These will go into my donation bin.

I started on a new bin of yarn (actually it is one of Mum’s wicker baskets) and this chunky yarn was the first thing out of it. It was left from a sweater I made for Christy not too long ago. I made a matching one for Taylor but I haven’t come across any leftover yarn from hers (yet).

I thought I would have enough for a hat but when I finished the first ball I was worried I wouldn’t have enough to finish the pattern. At that point it was about the right size for a neck warmer or cowl.

The second ball had a bit more in it but not enough to finish the hat pattern. I decided the cowl was fast and easy so I made another one.