November 30, 2023

I don’t have a lot of knitting to donate to the Salvation Army this year but what I have is donated in honour of all the donations Mum made over the years.

I don’t know where all this gold sock yarn came from but I’ve used it and used it and, I think, it is all gone now.

This afghan was supposed to use up all the odds and ends of yarn I had. It didn’t and I found another one in progress in the bin this came out of.

I thought I had already used up all my baby yarn but a deep dive into a wicker basket produced another small bag of yarn. On one of Kathryn’s visits she wondered who would carry on the blankie knitting if I stopped so when I found the yarn I knew I’d better make (and keep) a blankie for someone, sometime.

I started knitting but it was too difficult (at the time) to keep track of where I was in the pattern. So I switched to a crochet pattern that I’ve used several times before with several different yarn types – a shell stitch. Because I was “winging” it I ended up with a blanket that was a nice size but I still had some yarn left. I’ll keep this project in my cedar chest for the day when I (hopefully) have a great grandchild.

With what I had left I made a small blanket and a pillow for Ken to add to his cradles. But there is still just a little bit left so I’ll use that in a scrap afghan rather than throw it out.

I found a bag of sock yarn and made myself some hats. After making two, I tried a third one that would be a bit smaller than the ones I had already made. After losing my hair the first ones I made were a bit too big and slid down on my head. The third one ended up being too small so it will go as a donation.

I decided with the remaining yarn (8 balls) I would make a couple of scarves. I found a pattern I liked but by the time it was done I was tired of the pattern. But it used up four of the balls.

Next up was the possibility of making one of my triangular shawls but when I had knit my way through two of the balls I realized it wouldn’t be big enough for a shawl. So I started the decreasing and ended up with a doll blanket that I will send to Ken to put in one of the doll cradles he donates every year.

November 30, 2022

I packed up my knitting and crocheting projects so they’ll be ready to drop off at the Salvation Army the next time we are out. I wasn’t sure how much I would have this year as I ran out of yarn quite early in the year – unless of course I find more stashed away somewhere.

I had quite a bit of yarn left from Taylor’s Big Blanket so I finished it with several scarves. Christy took a couple home with here on her visit earlier this month but I still had four of them to pass along, along with one straggler.

There were two more large shawls finished. In both cases I tried to sell the yarn but when that didn’t work I got out the needles and made something with it myself. There were also a couple of small afghans as well as one full sized one.