I haven’t posted my latest knitting projects so I’ll do them all at once now.

This shawl, using my go-to triangular shawl pattern, used up the last of my textured yarn. There wasn’t enough of any one colour to do anything with but I think they go together well enough in this pattern.

I purchased a couple of balls of this yarn in different colours – the label assured me that one ball would make a shawl. I didn’t particularly like the pattern they gave me but I went ahead with it anyway. It is very fine and took a long time to knit up. About half-way through I decided I would send it to Caye as she had a birthday in June. Sadly we lost Caye before I was finished knitting her gift. I’m sure this will end up as a donation but I’ll make sure it goes to someone I know. I’ll use the second ball for a baby blanket.

I found some Phentex yarn in the bottom of the bin I’ve been knitting out of. Does that sound weird? I’m not actually in the bin! I tried to make some slippers but it isn’t the “old” plastic phentex but more of a softer (but not very soft) yarn. When the slippers didn’t work I made this hat and used the remainder of the yarn in a couple of scrap afghans I’m making.

I know this 100% cotton yarn came with me from Yellowknife. At that time dishcloths weren’t the “thing” they are now and I have no clue what it was originally intended for. With six skeins of it that would be a lot of dishcloths so I went to my shawl pattern once more. The texture and colours were enough of a pattern that it was easy to do it in straight garter stitch. Unlike some of the other shawls I put the edging along all three sides.

This will be a donation.

I’m still using up some of my “old” yarn. The scarf was made from yarn I found in a bin in our closet that probably came from the thrift shop. It had some fluff but no texture so I used a seed stitch in the pattern.

The hats were made from a single skein I purchased not long ago from a yarn shop in Courtenay or Comox – they both have lovely shops. The pattern I purchased for the yarn was a baby sweater but I really don’t do sweaters anymore so used it up this way. Two of the hats are the same pattern but knit on two different sizes of needles. The third one is a smaller size; I ran out of yarn the first time I knit on it so I had to take it out and start over.

All of this will be donated to the Salvation Army.

I’ve lost count of the number of shawls I’ve made with this pattern. It may be boring to work on, but it is perfect for textured yard. I’m happy to have a place to donate it; it has already gone to the church and it didn’t sit long (if at all) in their donation bin.