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Sunday, 3 January 2021

A Year of Projects Update - week 27

 Another week in a row! I have done a fair bit of crafting this week,  despite trying to spend as much quality time with the family as possible.   New year was lovely, if a little quiet (in all honesty,  we do very little at new year anyway!)  We don't really know what is happening next week  - my school is moving to remote learning for 2 weeks before having everyone back in, but at the moment   Daniel is back on Tues - we shall see how that pans out.

Anyway  what have I  been doing?

My Battenberg has grown.

I am crocheting this from my advent minis of the last couple of years.

I have also broken out my garter stitch blanket and made quite a bit of progress on it.

I am knitting this from all of my leftover fingering weight yarn.

Both of these are destined to become lap blankets.

I also cast on two new projects...

My January socks for the rainbow chronicles KAL. 

The colour for the month is pink!  This is yarn from Kate Selene.

I also cast on Oare Water.  This was a pattern in the second John Arbon Textiles annual and I am knitting it John Arbon Yarnadelic.

And there we have it.  I cut out some fabric yesterday and have some Christmas fabric on order to make a festive dress for next year!
In other news, I have been keeping up my bread making from last christmas and I purchased a slow cooker, which I have been enjoying using of late.
It's back to work tomorrow  so I'm sure the crafting is about to slow down.  Hopefully,  I shall be back next week - I  hope everyone has a great week. 




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9 comments:

  1. Leftycrafter3 January 2021 at 14:48

    Your battenburg and garter stitch blankets are such great ways to use small amounts of yarn. Such a pretty color on you socks. The Oare Water Jumper will be a lovely one for you to add to your wardrobe.

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  2. Cinna Knits3 January 2021 at 16:25

    What great ideas for fingering weight stash/leftovers!! Thank you for the inspiration.

    Your new cast-ons are also lovely.

    Good luck with work and school! I hope everything goes smoothly.

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  3. Becki3 January 2021 at 20:51

    I enjoying watching your Battenberg blanket and the stripey garter stitch blanket grow. Those will be really satisfying finishes one day!

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  4. www.self-sufficientsam.blogspot.com3 January 2021 at 21:29

    My daughter goes back to teaching tomorrow too. She's had a good time with the boys. They've done a lot of sledding. I love your blankets. I wish I had that much leftover sock yarn. I need to order some minis. Your sock yarn is lovely as usual. I'm glad to be back knitting socks and simultaneously too.

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  5. Breathing Life4 January 2021 at 01:31

    Wishing you a great start to your teaching term. I love the garter stitch blanket. Are you planning the colours or just picking up the next ball as you need it?

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  6. HighlandHeffalump4 January 2021 at 07:23

    I love the battenberg blanket pattern and you have such pretty leftovers for it. I keep losing track of the news but think Boris was expecting teachers to Covid test students?! I hope your knitting and crochet manages to keep you sandman during the next phase of craziness.

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  7. JustMagicMaria5 January 2021 at 02:30

    You made great use of your extra time this week! We always have a quiet New Years too, so I get that. Your Battenberg is looking gorgeous and giving me ideas! Hope you have an easy time getting back into school.

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  8. Ella7 January 2021 at 17:39

    Lovely blankets! I'm so tempted to start another simple garter stitch blanket of sorts, I still have so much sockyarn left, but I already have some blanket WIPs. *sigh*

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  9. Jill at emeraldcottage8 January 2021 at 21:46

    I love your battenburg, I've often wondered what people do with those mini skeins -now I know!
    Have a lovely weekend,
    Jillxo

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