Clearing those WIPs........and casting on

With the weather turning colder - very chilly this morning - I decided I'd best get a wriggle on and finish the ten-stitch blanket for Gus.  I'm pleased with how this turned out but did run out half way round the last band of a green yarn and had to sub it, can you see?  Of course this is the nature of a stash busting blanket but I do like to try and have enough yarn for a full round, anal I know.  This will keep young Gus all snuggly this winter

Talking about snuggly, I made Gus some socks on Sunday - it was such a horrible day that I knitted all day whilst listening to a book on CD

This pair of socks has got no further

Neither has this shawl

Though I have naughtily cast on a cowl. There will also be a hat and fingerless mitts to go with this.  The yarn had been languishing in my daughter's stash for sometime and she asked me to do something with it, so it only seemed fair to use it for her.

Yesterday I had a good tidy of my stash cupboard, sorted yarn and pattern for a cardigan for me and also ordered some yarn for a tunic top, also for me (not enough of anything suitable in stash, crazy I know), hoping this arrives tomorrow.  Mind you neither of these will be started until all current WIPs are off the needles, promise. I also found an unused CD case which has become a holder for my 9" and 12" circulars, they fit perfectly and there is also room for the spare cables for my Knit Pro interchangeables.  Love to be able to repurpose an unloved item

Look, all my shawls and scarves, washed, tidy, ready to be worn.... give it a few weeks and they will be all over the house - hanging from coat hooks, backs of chairs, banisters, back seat of the car, stuffed down a coat sleeve, liberated by a daughter.  How do you keep your shawls tidy?

That has been my productive week, hopefully by next weekend I should have cleared the rest of my WIPs and be ready start those new projects.  Until then have a great weekend, the weather is looking good if a bit chilly.