New toy

Bought it from Dragoncraft. It’s prettier in real life and it spins wonderful (eventhough I’m not really good at it yet), so I ordered another one.
I wanted to try some roving I still had lying around before spinning the roving that came eith the spindle. That’s really soft and pretty and there are sparkles in it.



I guess I have to make a bag for it now.

It’s looking good

I’m in a phase in which I finally finish things again. See here my new bag. Not quite finished but that should be a problem to do this week. It does need a spin in the washer before it’s completely done.



I think this bag will be perfect to take my knitting to the SnB nights. In that case I should line the bag. That way I can add pockets. What would be better? Big ones or smaller ones? What does everyone have in their knitting bag that they can’t do without? Most of my stuff is in a separate bag. Hey, that’s an idea. I have yarn left over to make a little pouch for that stuff. Still need to figure out how big to make the inner pockets of the bag.

O, I did finish something this week. My neighbors hat is done. Not quite what I had in mind, but it sure is different.



And I got myself another neat book. There are at least 3 patterns that I want to make. I’m almost afraid to admit it, but I actually have the yarn for it lying around the house (somewhere). Right now my list with things I want and can make has gotten up to 25.

1 down, 17 to go

I searched for a couple of days last week before I finally found my missing ball of yarn in a drawer. I also found more yarn to put together some knitting projects, bringing to total to 21. 21 projects for which I need to buy nothing.
At least I managed to finish 1 item



The hunt last week made it painfully clear that I have yarn everywhere in this house. As soon as it cools down it should be an interesting project to undertake. Well . . . maybe I need to clear up some other things (like the attic) so that I have more space.

I also realized that I have no socks on the needles. A simple sock that can go with me wherever. This yarn I got from my parent after a long weekend in Berlin. Should make a pretty sock.



As soon as I finish another project I’ll get started on the socks. I’ll try to finish 2 projects before I start a new one. I wonder how long I can keep that up.

Possible problem

You see that little pile of red yarn? That the latest project that I started. With that one the total count of projects that I “have” to finish comes to 18. I have for at least 15 projects yarn and patterns ready. Sigh. Maybe that’s why this magnet spoke to me. Excuse me while I go make some more coffee.

Actually I went searching for a ball of yarn for something else. I kept finding all these projects and decided to make a list. That was pretty scary. I realized that when something disappears into the back of a closet I forget about it.

Luckily I go to a support group to talk about this problem. This is the first time I realize how much it is all together. This month I’m going to try really hard to only work on the stuff I have going. Otherwise I’ll never get to the 100 balls of yarn that I want to use up this year. Right now I’ve used 46 balls with a total weight of 6.1 lbs and a length of 6 miles. I choose to ignore the yarn that I brought into this house this year.

Oh, that one ball of yarn still hasn’t been found. I’m afraid to keep searching in case more projects jump at me.