What to do with scraps like this?

Make a blanket. It’s Soulemama’s idea and I love it. Like her I’m amazed how these colors that I wouldn’t choose to combine in a smaller project seem to just adjust themselves to make a whole that I love more and more each time a new color is added.
If you think about it, it’s like life itself…

All for charity. I always liked knitting hats, but now I’m a maniac. I don’t even have to think if there will be anyone wanting to take them, I just know where to send them.
I am having fun with this 😉

I’ve always wanted to knit for charity, but most of them ask for “real wool” or at least “natural fibers” and my  budget usually doesn’t allow for those.
Last week I realized I do have real wool. A lot of it actually, since the mountain of yarn I bought two years ago is still not gone.
So I started knitting hats for Nest Maine
I started with a hat using that special stitch from the shawl I made.

And then I made a simple hat

and another one from Soulemama’s pattern.

There was some white wool too. So another Soulemama hat was made.

And one more of .the special stitch hat.

That makes five hats for Nest. Let’s see if I can keep up with Amanda…

I like that special stitch on the shawl so much that I’m using it for a different project now. More on that later…

Well there it is. Big and green and warm. I loved the special stitch and I really like this shawl a lot better than the blue one.
But I’m not sure if I’m ever going to wear it…

I knit a scarf in two shades of green. Just simple garter stitch.

Of course I wanted a matching hat. So I knit another one of my Soulemama’s favorite pattern. I think it;s the seventh I made, but I lost count. I still love making it.

I still have a lot of that green yarn left, so I started a shawl again. This time I am following the pattern I saw at soulemama’s and I do hope this one will turn out better than the blue one.

And then I’m going to decide what to make with this beautiful yarn I just bought. I love it!

Well, it looks okay from a distance, but it’s not. It’s scratchy (synthetic yarn), there is a slight color difference (thrifted yarn) and it’s too small.
Still, it was fun to knit and watch it grow. Let’s try that again with better (and more) yarn.

Working on

:: a blue shawl (inspired by Soulemama’s)

::  a scarf in two shades of green

:: socks (light blue)

::a hat (brown)

It’s done. Finally!
I’m no sure if Iike it though. Too green? Too tight? Probably the last. I’m working on that. 😉