March Stashbust totals

My output this month

March tally:
1 WIP ongoing - Ten stitch in brown = 1050grams knit
1 WIP ongoing - Short Row scarf = 310yds
2 Projects Completed :
Hat 42.8yds
Cotton beanie - 50g

My downfall this month

TOTAL:
3,240yds - IN
352.8yds + 1100g OUT
Year to Date: TOTAL: 4,195yds - IN / 5,744.8yds + 1935g OUT

Knitting & Crochet Blog Week - Day 6

This is Day six challenge: 2nd April. Something to aspire to. Is there a pattern or skill that you don’t yet feel ready to tackle but which you hope to (or think you can only dream of) tackling in the future, near or distant? Is there a skill or project that makes your mind boggle at the sheer time, dedication and mastery of the craft? Maybe the skill or pattern is one that you don’t even personally want to make but can stand back and admire those that do. Maybe it is something you think you will never be bothered to actually make but can admire the result of those that have.

As mentioned in a previous post I want to tackle socks.  For those of you that do it, it seems an easy task.  I know lots of new knitters that can dash off a pair in double quick time.  But I seem to have mental block when it comes to socks.  Believe me I have tried.  I got good results on two needles, but who wants a seam in a pair of socks?  Whats the best way to tackle socks?  Is it cuff first, toe-up?  I have loads of sock yarns just waiting to be knitted, look how pretty some of them are!

The skill I really aspire to though is the lacy shawl.  Whilst as also previously mentioned I taught myself to simple lace knit this last year, I would never have the patience for some of the beautiful creations on Ravelry.  I am truly envious of some of the skill out there.  To be able to spend so much time and love on a project and not to put it down in a dark corner never to see the light of day is true dedication to the craft.  Maybe they can provide long stretches of daytime knitting rather than an odd couple of hours per night in front of the TV when you are tired. Who knows once I'm retired and have more time on my hands....... anything is possible.

Here is a sneak preview of tomorrows topic - looking forward to this its an easy one

Day seven: 3rd April. Your knitting and crochet time.


Write about your typical crafting time. When it is that you are likely to craft – alone or in more social environments, when watching TV or whilst taking bus journeys. What items do you like to surround yourself with whilst you twirl your hook like a majorette’s baton or work those needles like a skilled set of samurai swords. Do you always have snacks to hand, or are you a strictly ‘no crumbs near my yarn!’ kind of knitter.

Weekend Factoids

1930 - Haile Selassie was proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia (2nd)

A grown-up is a child with layers on (I like that!)

I found another supplier calendar, so I bought it home as no one else wanted it

Rufus and me

 This lovely photograph of Rufus and me was taken 2 weeks ago. 

Today I have looked after Rufus while his mum went into work.  We had a great day, went shopping to the market, fed the ducks, went to the swings.  Only crying was when he managed to tip over one of his toys and bang his head on the wall!! I knew it was going too well.  No real damage, boys will be boys and you just can't stop him from climbing, only 9.5 months and he's all over the place. 

Factiods & Quotes

Miss yesterdays so here we go:

1889 - The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated

Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid

Then todays:

1973 - Conservation initiative Project Tiger was laucnhed in India

The is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience

Knitting & Crochet Blog Week - Day Five: Something different

Today is something different -

ACROSS
1. Invisible seaming stitch

4. Comes from a rabbit

6. Needle type for tubular shapes

7. Knit this first

8. K2tog

11. Typical first project

15. Common synthetic yarn

16. Scottish island

17. Knitting club

18. Steam shaping

21. Unraveling

22. K1, P1 row, then P1,K1 row stitch

23. A scarf accent

24. Jacket type sweater

26. Popular over-the-head project

28. Crustacean edge stitching

29. The end

30. Garment creation instructions

31. Straight or Double Pointed

33. Blank over

35. Small poncho

36. A small blanket
DOWN

2. Incan royalty yarn

3. Indicates the beginning of the round

5. Japanese yarn

9. Number of stitches to produce 1 inch of fabric

10. Yarn length of measurement

11. Yarn coil

12. This is where it all begins

13. Knit and purl stitches next to each other

14. Irish islands

19. Knit every row stitch

20. Working with separate balls or bobbins of yarn

22. Friend knitting

24. Yarn name that comes from the French word for caterpillar

25. "___" protectors

27. 3 to 3 1/2 stitches to the inch

32. Strap of a purse

34. Stitch 'n "___"

Knitting & Crochet Blog Week - Day Four: Where are they now?

As the title suggests we have to talk about where a particular item is now.  I wasn't well yesterday - migraine, so am a day late - again.

The item I want to talk about is a blanket that I knitted for the Sands Charity, if you don't know what this is it's a charity that supports anyone affected by the death or still birth of a baby.  I knitted a shawl last year to go into one of their memory boxes.  I received a lovely thank you card from Sands, but I often wonder about the person that received my shawl.  Did they use it to cover the tiny baby for burial, did they take it home.  This I will never know but I hope that in some way it helped them.  I cannot imagine the loss of a child that you have carried for 9 months.  The expection that you will have a healthy baby, then to come home with empty arms. If you have time please knit a shawl, unfortunately 17 babies die or are stillborn every day in the UK.