Menokreatikkul; Saturday Stitches

 

A lot of words last week - and thank you for all the engaging comments in response! This week, less words with a few piccies... current WIPs... having hauled out all that stash yarn, stuff has to happen!

There are quite a few skeins that require proper winding before use. In the yarn stash that was inherited from mum, I still have a precious little batch of award-winning spin, a blend of pure Shetland wool and raw silk. I need to find the right project for it, but after so many years (the yarn itself is now over 20 years old!), winding it might bring me a few steps closer to working it.

I love that wheaten marl look. There was no indication on the wee hand-written tag as to the meterage... but I am hoping there is at least a shawl's worth of length here. It is a two-ply fingering weight (2 category), so something a little lacy...

Anyway, there was a huge hank of blue and one of pink, both acrylic, in amongst the heritage pile. Must have been for a specific project, for, as mentioned before, synthetic yarns were not much used by mother. I wound them up and matched them with some variegated yarn from my stash, and I've started a scarf with them. One of the infamous, make-it-up-as-I-go projects.

That pic was taken under my work lamp, so poor colouration. The peach tone here is actually a pure sweetheart pink... and the blue is actually slightly lavender... not that it matters. You get the idea.

There is a bag of absolute oddments from mum's homespun, too. A lot of it was just a piece two- or three-metre hanked and tagged, so that she had a physical reference for different spins: cord, double cord, flecked, slubbed... One or two were remains from a larger amount. With only a couple of exceptions, nothing of any length to even make a decent granny square. What to do in order to preserve this treasure yarn?

I'll tell you a bit more about that dark yarn when I bring you the FO report.

Last, but not least, there is the ongoing chore of reducing my stock of never-ending ends. Combining all the 'too much to trash, not enough to bash' from the heritage and personal stash, there should be a few good scarves and or hats! Or at last some more wristlets/mitts. When not doing those, why not a few 'coasters'... enough of those and there might even be a blanket in them...