Other Craft Progress

Not only have I been spending some time at the sewing machine, I have been working on a couple of other projects as well.

I like to work on something while sitting outside when travelling with the caravan and on our way home from our latest trip to Baradine it was the Corner to Corner Blanket.

Since we returned home I have continued to plug away with it.  This is the most recent photo, but I can confirm that the last corner has now been completed.  It is time to add the borders, which should WILL be finished this month.  I had originally bought six balls of yarn, but realised I would need more, so bought a seventh.  In the end, I needed an eighth, but of course they have now sold out of the colourway I have been using.  An option was to use random eight ply, but this yarn is a tad thicker, so it wouldn’t work, particularly on that final corner.  Fortunately, there was a ball that had some similar tonings in some of its stripes, so I was able to use some of it.

Of course, I have started yet another project.  I seem to be an expert at that this year.  I have had this linen/cotton/acrylic yarn in my stash for a couple of years.  It was an op shop find.  This is a tension swatch to see how it knitted up. There should be enough for a simple summer sleeveless top……… fingers crossed.  The plan is to start at the bottom in the blue and then gradually add some stripes to transition to the cream.  A small start has been made.  I hope there is enough yarn…..  the pattern says there should be… I do hope so.  Wish me luck.