Big Softie blanket C75

 The next blanket, C75

Debbie Bliss Donegal Tweed blanket C72

 The next blanket C72

Rowan Summer Tweed crochet stripes C73

 The next blanket C73

Blanket #229

The next blanket #229

Fiction cardigan C60

My Fiction cardigan C60, pattern by Erika Knight.

 

Account for 2021

There was more lockdown last year, and my knitting continued along the same lines as the previous year.  More standard blankets, more chunky ones and a few crocheted.  I was surprised to find when I added them all up that I had used up over 31 kg, 3 kg more than the two years before.  It feels good, I feel have have made progress in reducing the amount of chunky yarn that I have got.

With charity shop closed there were fewer opportunities to buy more wool.  These are three lots that I did come across.  The 13 hanks of West Yorkshire Spinners Bo-Peep I should not have bought as they are likely to go straight into standard blankets.  I bought Habu because they are unusual but difficult to find a use for.  And I can't resist Noro so I bought the 11 balls of Kama.

I even grew tired of buying the expensive hand dyed yarn.  Instead I bought five balls of Rowan Cashmere Haze in the sale.

In 2022 I will continue along the same lines.  I find garments slow knitting.  The sweater I started last April is still on the needles.  Patterns are interesting but really I like the simple knitting I can do in front of a box set.