Knitting

I have been snuggled on the couch a lot lately. Mostly cos I am still recovering from the wrassle with CMV, but also because it has been quite nippy. And I have been knitting. I found a tutorial online for a Sock Yarn Blanket - thank you so very much Knotty Knickers!

I don't make very many socks so I didn't have any sort of stash of leftover space dyed 4 ply, but I do have a goodly collection of DMC (and etc) tapestry wools left from knitting hippy hats.
Each square takes most of the 8 metres in each skein, and at between 80c and a dollar a hit this is going to be a bit of an exxy blanket.

I am starting with a few rows of black Totem 8 ply, and then mostly a single colour in each square. Some of them I have had to use more than one colour, though trying to make them similar shades. And I have also started a row (or more) of little squares where four of them make one of the larger squares, doing them with two lighter colours at 3 and 9 o'clock, and darker colours at 12 and 6 o'clock.

After starting with ten separate blocks I then joined them together knitting another square in between setting them on point. I am also knitting in the ends as I go so the blankie is really very neat and tidy on the back. And also very warm, I have had a lot of afternoon naps when I nod off in front of the fire whilst knitting...
Here are a couple of photos before I started adding the smaller units. Doesn't it look pretty on the wattle? Incidentally, has anyone got any spare skeins they want to get rid of? Or scraps of 8 ply? I would welcome them...

Bed rest + COLD Snap = Knitting

My GP told me the other evening to stay quiet in bed and look after myself until I get to see her tomorrow (Thursday). Combine with this with the coldest snap we have had for many many years (snow down the road, cars falling off roads everywhere cos of black ice, fingersand noses nippy drippy cold. And I am in bed...

I have been knitting scarves for weeks. Don't have a pic atm - but they are clever bits of knitting half and quarter rows before doing full rows so they turn out spirally and looking like Sharks' Eggs. I was hoping to sell them but I have given so many away - my very successful market research!

Anyway, this evening I was faffing around in bed with the notebook keeping my belly warm and puddling away through Pinterest and following links and I found a blog posting on knitting Sock Yarn Blankets. And a tutorial... Here is the original blankie posting I discovered and she has a link at the bottom there to a lot of other pretty knitted blankets.

So I have pulled out some 4 ply wool and have almost finished my first square. She says that you only need 'a walnut sized lump of wool' for each square. I think I could use skeins of tapestry wool to knit them with - I have a little collection of them. I don't know if they are 4 ply but the look close enough and I think that is all that matters.

By the way - yesterday top temperature here was 6*, today is soared to 7*. Might have to break out the sunnies and bathers tomorrow...

PS I just noticed there is a (new?) location button down the bottom RH corner so I set it. You can go and have a look at where I live, there is even streetstalk which went up the road almost to my place before the driver wandered off into the bush and drove bewildered and lost through every little track in the State Forest before discovering Maldon 45 kms further on (Maldon is only about 8 kms in a straight crow-flyin' line), hehehe!!!!