Magazines

Need a place to list the mags I have until Ravelry have all of them listed to link to:

Let's Knit
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Knitting
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Knit Today
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Simply Knitting
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Hats!

On a role, two more hats, just wish I had a better camera as this one does not do them justice.

More stash

I had a great birthday - lots of yarn goodies!!!

I must keep myself focused on projects though as I know I will start to run away with myself and start lots and not finish.

Over the last few weeks I have made Chenille mittens from some wonderful yarn a friend bought for me in San Francisco.

A hat was knitted up in an evening for a friend who is a mad kite flyer, so I made it a little longer to cover his ears and he loved it!





















I am about to start the longest scarf in the world with some pink eyelash yarn which was also a gift! Perhaps with a matching hat and cute mittens too...

I do need to start thinking about gifts for Christmas :)

Stash

This is very difficult to admit in public - hell, I even find this difficult to admit to myself...

I think, yup, I think I may have too much stash.

Gulp

I am currently listing my stash on Ravelry to help me plan projects and I am overwhelmed by everything I have - I am really pleased too though ;)

I have run out of conventional storage space and now think I am turning into someone that "stores" their yarn in spare places around the home. You know the places - oppps, sorry hun I didn't realise that is where you want to keep your guitar ;)

Anyhoo - back to the grind :)

Excitement

I saw an amazing scarf worn by one of the designers on DIY SOS tonight, and I have similar yarn!!!

Multicoloured eyelash yarn!

I have been so in love with the colour for ages but not sure what to make with it and now I do!

Will add pics as soon as I can.

Returning to form

SCARF
Originally uploaded by puddletheduck

Oh, it is so lovely to get back into knitting again - the last year has been so traumatic, so many changes and people being arsehats in general.

I just can't knit when stressed, I thought I could, I thought it helped calm me down but I ended up with dreadful mistakes that even I couldn't pretend they were creative deviances from the intended end result...

I have decluttered my life, bad eggs have gone and protective barriers are now in place and all the UFO's frogged and yarn rewound.

A nice simple scarf has confirmed that life is good again, and maybe some mittens to match!

Madness scarf - pics may follow depending on stress levels ;)

I came up with this idea due to recent StuffTM in my life which showed that I just can’t knit anything special when mad.

If you are the same, and ruin stuff when stressed then the following could help!

You should have your “madness” scarf nearby for when crapola hits so you can just take your stress out on one item rather than ruining your wonderful projects :)

madness scarf = grabbing ends of yarn, grabbing any size needles and knitting yourself calm.

Doesn’t matter if it isn’t pretty - the deal is to keep you sane and off your other projects until you are calm enough to go back to them.