Stashbust 2014

My resolution is still holding.  I'm still working strictly from my yarn stash. But let me tell you this, honey--there's this yarn from Turtlepurl Yarns in Canada that is making me weak!  Burberry striped yarn for socks.  Tears come to my eyes with it's loveliness.  I have resorted to begging Andrew to buy it for me, but he has such willpower.  I'm going to keep working on him, though.  Eventually, there will be something he wants and I'll negotiate for the yarn.

Sigh.

I got a little sidetracked for a minute.  Sorry about that.

Back to the stash...

I found this lovely pattern today on Pinterest.  The Harmony Cloche. It is totally awesome and I'm making that pattern mine.  It will be just as lovely as my Lucy Hat and I have the perfect madelinetosh vintage in "Whiskers". A light grey that is super squishy.  Yum!

I've had 3 skeins of madelinetosh DK in "Cathedral" for a very long time.  This shawl is called "Mara" and calls for 3 skeins of madelinetosh DK!  Win win win!  And the pattern is free!  It's amazing to me that once I made the decision to work from stash how the perfect patterns have floated to the surface.  This is definitely one of those.  I'm almost sad winter is almost over.  But I'll rock it anyway!

Project List for March

I sat down last night to start planning for March.  I finished February with 5 completed projects off the list.  The Arroyo was removed after 3 tries.  The wrap never got started.  The afghan only got 3 out of 10 squares.  I did, however, knit a hat for my boss that wasn't on the list and I started an extra pair of socks.

March will have smaller goals.  One is the beautiful cowl that looks like shawl. It is called Zuzu's Petals by Carina Spencer.  I'm going to used one of my Madelinetosh Texas Teacakes collections. Probably the greys.  I have them wound in an ombré magic cake.  Can't. Wait. 

Here's the socks I started.  (And one is almost finished...). I may knit an additional pair this month.

I'm going to make a crazy hat out of this yarnbox yarn.  

As for the rest of my projects, I'm going to knit another Hitchhiker out of Berroco Boboli Lace.  Another Lunule out of Malabrigo Rasta.  A grey wrap out of red heart super saver--Don't. Ask. And I changed my afghan goals to devoting Sunday to knitting on it.  3 squares per Sunday...

There should be plenty of space left over for reading and adding in another project towards the end of the month.

Ending February with Two New Concepts

This is my Desert Vista Dyeworks Winter Pastel socks.  Today, I forced myself to sit down and work out how to do a different heel.  This heel is the Fish Kiss Heel by Sox Therapist.  It uses short rows, twin stitches, and has no gusset or heel flap.  The big stripes of red and blue is where the heel turns.  I made a couple errors, but nothing major.  And I'm happy to report that they fit my feet!

The item you see blocking is the Lunule. It is a shawl designed for super bulky yarn.  It is by Taiga Hilliard and I'm waiting to see how I like it once it is dry.  It's not long enough, I can tell, but it'll keep my neck warm.  I used Hometown USA yarn and a size 17 circular needle. It calls for a 19, so I already know my gauge is off.  No worries, some one will like it!

Trillian

Finally bound off my Trillian this evening.  Once it was soaked and blocked it ended up being 7 feet long.  Since I used worsted weight, I only needed 151 rows before I started the edging.  Good thing, because I was getting pretty tired of this lovely shawl.

Here it is blocking on the dining room table.  I'll weave in the ends tomorrow once it's dry.

It's going to be awesome!!!!