Further work on reducing the stash

I now have my frogged wool ready to use so have been able to complete some of the hexagons I had started. This is a project that will keep me going for a while.  It will reduce the wool stash very slowly.  

We will not be in Shetland for wool week but . . . .

We will not be in Shetland for Shetland Wool Week but I am knitting the Wool Week Beanie.  You can find the free pattern at http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com The beanie is called Merrie Dancers Toorie. I have knitted this one on a circular needle using leftover 4ply wool from other projects.  The colours are not the same…

Toddler socks

While I am overseas I usually take some knitting or crochet with me to do in any spare time I may have.  This last trip I took some wool and needles to make a pair of socks. I obviously didn’t have much spare time as I only half finished one sock!  Since returning home I…

Trying to reduce my stash.

This pattern makes use of single balls of wool so it was ideal for reducing my stash. When I say single balls of wool that is only for the two contrast colours.  The main colour required several balls and the first contrast required three balls.  I was still able to use all wool taken from…

Crazy for the blue white and red! Apologies to the musical “Hair”

I have been doing quite a bit of crochet recently.  I used to prefer knitting to crochet but now I think I enjoy both of them equally.  This rug is made from wool from my stash.  The blue wool is from a frogged jumper originally made in 1980.  I remember the year because it was…

Crazy tea cosies

I borrowed some books from the library recently and one of them was this one: Really Wild Tea Cosies by Loani Prior. As you can see from the cover the cosies really are wild.  I decided I would give one of the more sedate cosies a try.  The pattern said it was ‘easy peasy ‘ and…