Blankets

Two more blankets were donated to Crochet Blankets for Seniors. The first one was with yarn that I received from them. I wanted to get the most out of the limited amount, so I did (I think) one row in the textured, two rows in the soft white.

 I don't seem to have a finished photo, unless it's still on my camera. It was just horizontal stripes. 405gr.

 When  I went to Florida, I wanted a project to work on while there. Something simple, without needing a lot of yarn. I grabbed this lovely textured yarn from my stash. It was a sweater that I bought from a thrift store and then unraveled. I had planned to make newborn photo props/layering blankets but that market got over saturated. I just looked back and got it April 2013. So it was time.

I loved the subtle silver strand. The yarn split easily though and wasn't the most pleasant to work with. I also, for some reason, refused to consult a pattern for doing a rectangle on the bias. I started shaping the long side and had it wrong, thought it might be wrong, but just kept going anyway. Finally after I got home and got back to work on it, I looked up some patterns and indeed. I had to rip back which wasn't fun with this yarn. I worried about how it would look with use, and washed it up before donating the finished blanket. It washed fine. 361gr. I don't think I have enough left for another one though I could be wrong.

Yarn In:  1161gr

Yarn Out: 405gr + 361gr + 2370gr = 3136gr

Balance: 1975gr out

Costs: $31.39/362 days = $0.09 per day.

Mittens

Apparently back in the summer I needed a "carry around" project so I decided to knit up more wool mittens.

When I went to weave in the ends, I found this odd row.  It wasn't really noticeable on the outside. 

The proportions on the little ones seem off.  The large ones used 56gr and the small ones used 42gr.

Yarn In:  1161gr

Yarn Out: 98gr + 2272gr = 2370gr

Balance: 1208gr out

Costs: $31.39/357 days = $0.09 per day.