Awhile back, probably years now, a friend in my knitting group inspired me to hunt for yarn in thrift stores. You do this by buying sweaters, and deconstructing them. It is always a mystery of what you will end up with. My first go I happened to find to brand new, matching, men's XL sweaters made of a wool cashmere blend. I bought both and made an absurd amount of yarn. I figured two sweaters should make a blanket easily. I didn't account for how much looser hand knit items tend to be. I finished the blanket 47"x53" with a lot of yarn to spare. I easily could make a big shawl and a few hats with what I have left.
The pattern I chose was called Umaro. It is a very complicated chart. Many charted patterns have you do just purling on the back side, or knit the knits and purl the purls. This one you read back and forth, and there was a cable that used two needles. At least the repeat was short so you didn't have to stare at the chart the entire time. The pattern makes a beautiful blanket, but not the most relaxing to knit. I am glad I have finished it.
Of course the cat had to lay on my project while I was blocking it. He only lays in that spot when I am blocking a knitting project...
My second project is my level 2 embroidery kit. It is another very colorful floral pattern. This level starts getting into a lot more three dimensional stitches. The white bit in the middle is very fluffy and made from about 20-25 cut loops. The green swirly parts in the middle are loops with 20 wraps around each one. Next step level 3!
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