I Promise You Pineapples

So let's continue with my self imposed challenge/command to make something useful from my yarn stash that has been just collecting dust in a box for the last few years.

I present to you the "I Promise You Pineapples" shawl. Unlike the Ocean Tranquility Afghan I made earlier, it wasn't a project I could just shamelessly make while watching the TV. A lot of pattern following was needed in order to get the finished look. But in the end the pattern repeated itself enough for me to be able to pay attention to other stuff.

I actually used two colors for this. One is a bit brighter and the other is a bit deeper shade of blue. The reason for this was that I had only a bit of both and I did consider buying more of one of the colors for this but then I thought "Silly girl, use them both, they match!". So I was in a win-win situation. I could check off another two yarns and I didn't spend extra money on the project. With the Ocean Tranquility Afghan I was a bit counterproductive. I used up two skeins of yarn but bought four more(of which two were almost untouched ) I am an addict.

I absolutely love this pattern. It's interesting and I know I'm going to use it to throw around my shoulders in the summer nights when we're out for some BBQ and mojitos :)

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I have also started on knitting a cardigan. I have gotten farther than I have even come with knitting a cardigan or a sweater. Usually I just knit front or back piece and then get tired. Past Me was too impatient for her own good. But I've finished the back piece and one of the front pieces and I'm halfway done with half of the other front piece. So that leaves finishing the front and the sleeves. Can't wait to finish it! Stay tuned!

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Ocean tranquility afghan

A few weeks ago I made a startling discovery that I have more yarns than any sane person who doesn't regularly create something from yarns would have. I haven't knit or crocheted anything in a LOOOOOOOONG time but I like knitting and crocheting. Over the years I've been given yarn as gifts or I've bought some with the idea of making something out of it, but I haven't gotten to it for some reason. I saw a show about hoarders and I had the scary vision of myself and my SO living in a pile of yarns and not remembering what our furniture or floors look like. And that would be scary.

So I made a pledge to myself that I mentioned in this post. Use up all the yarns in my stash in the next 12 months. So far it has been going well. Though it has backfired just a bit. I've discovered that for most of the projects I would love to make I don't have the same yarn, so I've been buying more yarns to finish the projects with matching yarns(DOH). I think I really do have a problem.


First project I've finished is the Ocean Tranquility Afghan.
I made a small change to the pattern but it's not a big change but I like it better this way.
 It was an easy project to get back on the track and dust off my crocheting skills. I used 2,5mm hook instead of 4,5mm hook and my afghan ended up being significantly smaller than the pattern stated. But in my defense the biggest hook I had was 2,5mm and I wanted to get started RIGHT NOW and not a second later and all craft shops were closed. Soooo....impatience at its finest.

But still I love it.  Best part was that once I got the hang of the repeats I didn't have to pay much attention on what I was doing and I could just crochet away while watching TV. It's like the best thing ever! :)

I made it from acrylic yarn that's super soft and I think it's meant for making things for babies(the drawing of a baby and writing "Super baby" is a huge hint as well)
I used up somewhere about 1200m of the yarn, so I really did some work here. That's like 1100m more than I am capable of running without dying five times so...I did good I think/hope

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Fooniks

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