After finding faded yarn in my yarn bins a couple of weeks ago, I knew I would have to do something about it:
pink and purple yarn bins
I found some pink and purple bins at Target, choosing the color because even though the pink is nauseatingly girly, there’d be no mistaking whose they are or what’s in them.
I’d enjoyed my semi-transparent boxes, so that I could easily inspect their contents and admire my pretties. But, alas, protecting them is more important. And now, each time I open a long-closed box, I’ll be surprised all over again. And that can be fun, too.
And, I’ve been knitting. My shawl now has two colors in it. Barely, but they’re there. Yay.
Greetings, yarny people! I have been knitting a lot lately. Finishing Carolyn’s Shawl was good for my knitting mojo, and I have been busy since. I have started and restarted it, but I think I am on a roll now:
Color Affection Shawl
Mine will be dark purple, dark lime green and dark blue. For some reason I always have trouble getting started with this pattern even though it is simple garter stitch and basic increases, but I think I am on a roll now. I had hoped to be on the second color this weekend but I am a little behind. I’m hoping that will happen before the end of the week.
I’ve also been working on some colorful dishcloths:
colorful dishcloths in progress
I have some dishcloth cotton in lots of bright, solid colors, and my intention was to make a pile of solid-colored cloths to represent the rainbow. But, when I pulled out my pink one, it was faded from the sun, so I only had enough yarn in that color to make part of a dishcoth. I used some rainbow colored yarn with it. So, now, my plan is to make each cloth with a random bit of rainbow yarn mixed in somewhere. I think it will work!
I have made a pact with myself to knit every day. It felt SO good to actually finish a project that I really would like to do it more often! So I need to make sure I get at least some knitting done each day, so that I keep moving forward.
So, this will be, for me at least, the summer of knitting. A lot.
Wonder why I’m sitting here watching Dr. Who when there are no nerds in my immediate vicinity. Off to listen to my audiobook instead. It’s a better knitting companion for me!
Over the past few days, I’ve had to add my blog posts manually to Facebook. I’ve re-synched my feed, so hopefully things will be working now. I have no idea what the problem was, but let’s hope things go smoothly from now on!
I was able to salvage some of the faded bright pink yarn, and I mixed it with some rainbow yarn to come up with this little cloth. I can’t believe I finished it in one day. More to come!
