I started on a new bin of yarn (actually it is one of Mum’s wicker baskets) and this chunky yarn was the first thing out of it. It was left from a sweater I made for Christy not too long ago. I made a matching one for Taylor but I haven’t come across any leftover yarn from hers (yet).

I thought I would have enough for a hat but when I finished the first ball I was worried I wouldn’t have enough to finish the pattern. At that point it was about the right size for a neck warmer or cowl.

The second ball had a bit more in it but not enough to finish the hat pattern. I decided the cowl was fast and easy so I made another one.

They aren’t a matching pair but they were finished back to back so got their photo done together.

Another garter stitch scarf and my favourite hat pattern. I modified the hat because the yarn was a bit lighter than normal; I added more stitches and modified the crown but it looks the same as they all do.

Both will go into the donation bin.

This is made from the yarn that I thought was a bit too fine to go into my scrap afghan. It makes a nice shawl but I needed to add a strip of white to make it long enough. It will make a nice wrap for someone out late celebrating Canada Day.

I had enough yarn left in my bin for a couple of scarves.

This one is the same pattern as I used for my afghan, just fewer stitches.

I tried a couple of different patterns for this blue scarf, and ripped out a couple of patterns too! I decided that simple was the best (and easiest) way to go so ended up with a garter stitch all the way through.

These will all be donations.

My evening knitting has been going very well thanks to the never-ending series Resurrection:Ertugrul.

This is quite a heavy afghan as it is crocheted with two strands of yarn. It is meant to allow you to use any weight of yarn along with a common yarn throughout. It was good at using up bits of yarn ends without thinking about if it was a lot lighter than the main yarn but it turns out very heavy and, I think, could actually be used as a rug.

On the other hand this afghan is very soft. It is made up of several different kinds of textured yarn but they are all pretty much a similar weight. I tried some other textured yarns in this but they were a bit too light so they got pulled out of the bin for other projects. In fact one of the yarns will be used in a scarf that uses the same pattern.

These scarves were a new pattern for me but I like it and will probably use it again. In this case the yarn was too heavy for either of the afghans.