Anyway, I put the scarf on a shelf and it fell behind something. Then I heard something about using ends of yarn balls for making squares for afghans or something. So in an effort to distract myself from the drudgery that has become the foot of my American in China sock, I ripped it out, and I got this.
This is a compilation of all different kinds of yarn: tweed, wooly, superwash and some bulky black. I could really get into knitting them up into squares if I could experiment with different patterns, which I'm sure wouldn't be a problem.
A few months ago, I sent off a box of yarn to a drug and alcohol treatment center in Pennsylvania. (Interim House Inc., c/o Kathy Duffy, 333 West Upsal Street, Philadelphia PA 19119, for anyone looking for a place to send unwanted yarn.) I got back a very nice letter addressed to Ms. Baker. Ms. Baker? Of course I sent back a scathing letter about stereotyping saying how dare they assume I was a woman. I'm kidding. I thought the thank you note was a nice touch. Next time I might just sign it Butch. Of course there are butch women who knit.
I think I read something in one of the Yarn Harlot's books about a blanket. Maybe I'll try that. I was pretty horrified by the scarf when it reared it's ugly head again. Sort of like a cold sore. You're back? I thought I'd gotten rid of you? This is stash busting in reverse. We'll see what happens.
I also unearthed a sweater that I had knit for a child that I hadn't put together and now I'm not sure how the pieces fit together. The whole thing is done with every other row using a twisted purl. This was before I realized that I had been doing a backward purl my whole life! At least I was consistent. So I might rip that out if I can't find how it goes together. That'll give me more yarn I'm tired of looking at and it might put me over the edge and send me out to the post office to buy a box to get rid of this stuff. It's a nice red.
I'm taking suggestions. Does anyone know of something I can knit with this yarn and then where I could send the little pieces. (I'm don't like the idea of seaming them up.) Or has anyone tried that Yarn Harlot blanket?
I'll set some kind of time table and if it's still in the bag at the end of the year, it's off to Pennsylvania. Or is there some place in the Netherlands? Anyone?
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That's okay. I packed up a huge box of old, unwanted stash for Interim House but since David is the one who took it to UPS, he got the thank you letter. At least it went to a good cause.
ooooh you knit! I just noticed that too :) I knit a little, I've made a few baby blankets and am currently crocheting this one:
http://www.bernat.com/data/pattern/pdf/instruction_167.en_US.pdf
I get confused by gauge and all that though. So I never attempt anything like sweaters.
I REALLY want to learn to knit socks though. My husband goes through socks like nobodies business and I'd love to learn to knit him some (plus some really cute ones for me too!). I'm not sure if this is something I can teach myself though. It looks so complicated with all those little needles!
There's a thing called the Warm-Up America Foundation that takes knitted or crocheted squares and seams them up into blankets that are then donated to the homeless.
Just about every major city in the US has a branch of the group.
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