A butchers hat, seaside blanket and a lot of rain

On this very soggy day I'm making excellent progress on my wips and already looking forward to what I'll be doing next.

This week I finished my basket weave blanket using up a good chunk of stash, so feeling extra virtuous. I'm sewing up the seaside blanket, which always takes longer than you think. I'm really pleased with how it is coming up.

I had a request from my butcher to knit him a hat, as he has a bald head and is feeling the cold. I don't normally do commissions but a hat wont take up too much time. I'm also making marmalade which is making the house smell gorgeous.

Seafood crochet and and a TV project for a wet dull day

It's a dull old day, just right for doing a bit of knitting or crochet. My projects this week are a baby blanket using West Yorkshire Spinners Bo Peep yarn - scrummy. It's so soft as it contains falkland wool but is washable as well. My TV crochet is a basket weave pattern using up some of my chunky stash. Part of my drive to use up my stash before buying new yarn. I'm also working on my mohair/wenslydale socks using yarn from Whistlebare in Northumberland. The yarn is so warm and they will certainly keep my feet warm. I've postponed my classes, http://www.woollyhattie.co.uk/workshops, but if you are interested in putting you name down for them let me know woolly.hattie@gmail.com so I can let you know dates as soon as I have them.

What day of the week is this, what ever it is here is my Wednesday wip.

I got a bit confused this week with the days but only one day late is my Wednesday wips. I'm super pleased with my new crochet jacket, Harriet Jacket, designed by Lucy George published in Inside Crochet. The yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners Aran Croft. I'm now making a corner to corner crochet blanket for Mr W before I start some exciting projects for the New Year

* I mention that we are in Tier 3 when in actual fact we are in Tier 4 which is why I may not be able to start my courses in January.

Stash busting projects to empty your yarn store

I’m having fun with my stash busting blanket so thought I’d show you some of my past stash busting projects.

Giant crochet throws, summer jumper and a very mysterious knit along

I’ve made great progress on Mr W’s jumper, I’ve finished the back and the front and it’s looking good so far. The crochet throw is growing very fast and I’m using up loads of my stash. The Mystery Knit along from Yarn O’clock is still a mystery to me, I’m now half way through and enjoying this querky project.