Today’s bloganuary prompt is, “Where can you reduce clutter in your life?” Well, I’ve written about that a couple of times in this blog, so I’m not going to bore you with more. Except for this one point that I’m proud of. I’m going through all of my yarn, most of it leftover from projects in years past, and making two giant blankets from the scraps.
Now, by scraps, I don’t mean one-yard pieces. Some of these scraps are almost equal to a full skein. Others are much smaller. So far I’ve knit about 46″ of a 55″ wide blanket. I’m almost out of yarn for that one, but I won’t finish it quite yet. The other one is wider. I thought I had a lot more yarn for the second one than I actually do, so I’m not sure how that’s going to work out.
I’m kind of embarrassed at how old some of this yarn is. I’ve been able to date some of it, and it goes back 22 years. The yarn isn’t moth eaten or anything–I’ve taken care to keep that from happening–and it’s nice yarn. If I spend the time knitting something, I use quality yarn.
My mom has laid claim to the first blanket, although I never actually promised it to her. We’ll see what happens. I have a few more projects I’d like to start. Then I’ll use up the leftover yarn from those to finish the blankets. Or not! This is a project that may take me a long, long time to finish.
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That says so much about the quality of the yarn you select to work with that it is in great condition after 22 years. I’m all for cleaning clutter, but I would have a hard time getting rid of perfectly good yarn–especially if I was as good a knitter as you.
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Thank you. I had no idea how much I’d accumulated until I started this project–just glad I figured out a way to put it to good use instead of throwing it away.
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