{"id":945,"date":"2021-11-22T12:27:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T12:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/?p=945"},"modified":"2023-09-05T11:24:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T10:24:21","slug":"state-of-the-yarn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/11\/22\/state-of-the-yarn\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the yarn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earlier this month I spent a day off doing a &#8220;tossing of the stash&#8221;, as recommended by the Yarn Harlot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got everything out of the various bags and boxes it lives in and had a good, honest look at what was there.  The yarn is well organised already, but I emptied each box to check for beasties (there were none) and re-sorted the sock yarn scraps box. It&#8217;s possible that I need to start another scraps project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other thing I did was line up the WIPs and see what needed doing. Since doing that, 2 projects have been finished, 1 frogged and 1 marked for frogging. This makes the WIP pile much more sensible and also means that I can start something else. For some reason, I don&#8217;t like having more than 7 WIPs on the go. This probably explains why the two projects that I finished had not even got onto the list of WIPs &#8211; something about denial there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the main WIPs remaining are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Christmas Eve Blanket. 14 squares out of 20 completed. The first 12 are already seamed together and doing great service as a small lap or shoulder blanket. I&#8217;m currently working on square 17, which has to be done before square 15, for reasons of having enough of the right yarn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solbein cardigan. Just need to crank this one. It&#8217;s all stocking stitch now, apart from a bit of colourwork at the hem and cuffs. It&#8217;s never the WIP that I reach for in the evenings so it just needs a bit of attention and remembering that I actually want to wear the cardigan. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crochet Mobius Cowl. This got misplaced in the move but I found it while clearing up the yarn. I need to decide what the design of the next few rows is going to be. No rush to finish this. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Secret socks &#8211; this is a foray into designing. It&#8217;s a really ridiculous construction using log cabin and I&#8217;m not sure it will ever finish. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stripy socks &#8211; one of the Confident Knitting projects. It&#8217;s really lovely yarn, I&#8217;m past the heels and just working my way down the feet now. This is my go-to Zoom or meeting knitting. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Square a month KAL 2011. This was meant to be the baby blanket for J when she was born. I think I got about 6 squares into it. Perhaps I should do 2 more squares and make it into a cushion cover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The frogged or to be frogged projects are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brioche scarf. I&#8217;m not convinced enough by the result of the technique to want to knit another 6 feet of it. It was an interesting technique but I don&#8217;t love it. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yarn Harlot Cowl. This was a project inspired by one of her Patreon videos last year. It was meant to teach gauge and consistency of knitting. Her idea was to use a worsted weight yarn with a repeating colour pattern. I didn&#8217;t have that, so I used a sock yarn and ended up with a very long cowl that was going to take ages to knit in a pattern I wasn&#8217;t loving. I figure I have got everything I need to from here so I am planning to reclaim the yarn and make it into a hat. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One other thing I discovered while tossing the stash is quite how many kits I have ready to use. Some are from clubs I ordered from a while back, some are projects I have the yarn and pattern already matched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two projects from Ysolda&#8217;s shawl club from (I think) 2019; all the projects from her colourwork club from last year, still two more projects from the Confident Knitting kits (although I&#8217;ve made 7 of the 9 so that&#8217;s pretty good going). Plus I have a fairisle hat that I bought the yarn for ages ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month I spent a day off doing a &#8220;tossing of the stash&#8221;, as recommended by the Yarn Harlot. I got everything out of the various bags and boxes it lives in and had a good, honest look at what was there. 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