Even
though I have some arthritis in my one knee, my hands seem to still be fine. I
can still work with everything from fine cotton thread (and steel hooks) to
chunky yarns. I have to admit that I'm not very fond of the chunky weight. I
will even work with specialty yarns such as fun furs.
During the winter, I work a lot with worsted weight. This is
because I do a lot of scarves, gloves and hats for the local homeless with our
charity crafting group. All year long, I also work with baby yarn, sport yarn
and even some lighter weight worsteds, for preemie caps and blankies for a
local preemie ward.
But this week I felt driven to my stash of cotton worsted. I
usually only use this for kitchen towel toppers, beverage cozies, coasters,
potholders, dishcloths and that sort of thing. When I went through my stash, I
decided to begin with dish scrubbies. I whip these up fairly quickly, usingthis pattern. I've made a dozen this week already and will plop them into one
bin I keep for instant gifts or token thank-you's. I daydream of filling that
bin each year, but it seems to empty almost as soon as I toss something in
there.
Anyhow, after I finished the scrubbies, I began on a batch
of 10-minute coasters. Yep, they really only take 10 minutes to make, with thispattern. I'll make as many of those as I can with what is left of the stash.
When those are done, I'll use up the rest in variegated
dishcloths with the pattern I made for myself, the Easy Peasy Dishcloth. This
is a great pattern for leftovers. I can make just a few rows in one color until
it is gone, then another color, and so on. I can even leave the knots in, for a
shaggy effect, and to add scrubability.
The whole thing is, I want and crave some NEW cotton worsted
yarn. I need to use up the old stuff before I can justify buying any new
supplies.
And while I wait for the new supplies, I'll go on with a new
yarn fixation, I'm sure.
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