Today I shipped off a massive box of yarn scraps to a charity knitter in Maine. I had lots of half-used skeins of acrylic and acrylic blends that I know that I will never knit. I didn't want to take them with me, and I doubted that I would ever used them, and the yarn just made me feel weighted down. Its gone now. I still have 12 bins of yarn to deal with, but I am going to reconfigure the stash again and get everything sorted and figure out what I have. I think at times I forget what I have.
Meanwhile, I am trying to finish up a mess of UFOs this month. Classes are over, grades are in, and while I have my dissertation to finish next week, after that I have a month off, with only packing to do. So time to finish up some projects.
I have made a good start- last night I finished off a scarf that is a gift for my friend T.
This is a fabulous scarf- although it got a bit aggravating at the end. It is the Swirl scarf- from Shibui knits. The yarn is one skein of Shibui knits Silk Cloud, a super soft silk/mohair blend (it might be my favorite silk/mohair blend ever). I bought it last week at the Yarn Barn in San Antonio, and knit it mostly while traveling back to Ohio. It is a gift for my friend T- she just passed her PhD defense.
A few notes about the pattern- I bound off two rows before the pattern called for, and I am glad I did because I would have run out of yarn... also the bind off takes forever because you have to bind off 1281 stitches.
Next- I have two shawls, two pairs of socks, and sleeves on a sweater to complete. I have to pick my next project to work on to knock down all these UFOS- I think maybe the socks will be next, because they are so satisfying.
Will be going to the fiber fest in Wooster this weekend with my friend JCoop. Gonna get lots of pictures, and I hope we have tons of fun!!!
I like the scarf! Was it knit lengthwise? I thought that might be why the number was so large in the end.
Posted by: Jaime | May 25, 2009 at 01:44 PM