Hi,
After a long hiatus I am back at the blogging. Still hardly know how to do ANYTHING but type, but if I wait until I learn everything I want, I'll never get started.
I started this blog to join in the Blogger's Block of the Month from Canton Quilt Works. Besides the fact I'm behind on my blocks, I've felt stymied by my inability to make progress with this blog. So why am I joining another Blogland endeavor? Because this one is exactly what I have decided to do with my knitting--knit only from my stash.
My stash is pretty impressive considering I've only been back knitting for a few years and I rarely buy yarn for a project. Mostly what I do to acquire yarn is unknit sweaters and other items bought at Value Village or Goodwill. I know more and more knitters do this. Sometimes I score some great yarn--enough to do a whole garment. Otherwise I collect yarns to be used for "odd-ball" knitting. It limits what I can make in some ways, but it does challenge me to find patterns using my found yarns.
This week my Mom gave me 2400 meters of natural Aran yarn from a sweater she knit and frogged about 20 years ago. I've wanted to acquire enough yardage to make an afghan. I wanted it to be wool, rather than acrylic or blends. I've picked out the pattern (an Aran sampler I'll write about in another post) and swatched. It's a free pattern; I've downloaded the blocks I plan to knit and started on the first one yesterday.
Whew! This has been quite a bit after my time away. I want to finish the first block tonight, so I'm on it.
Ciao, Linda
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