What do you do with all those little balls of yarn left over from every single pair of socks you make?
Lorna's Lace Sock Yarn
It has always been a waste to me these small amounts of left over yarn from knitting luxury hand made socks. After a little think and successfully making the Linen Stitch scarf out of lots of left over sock yarn I decided to make a sock.
Lorna's Lace Sock Yarn
So here is my sock made with three colours of Lorna’s Lace Sock Yarn. The three pairs of socks were knitted by my friend Alice and while the two lighter colours are mine the rich brown/blue is left over from a pair for Alan.
I knitted this using Hiya Hiya DPN size #1 as I did find mine by Alice done on a #2 were a little loose. I used three little balls – and have three more to do the second sock. And the pattern I used was Ann Norling #12 which for a plain all round good fit sock takes some beating.
Not sure is I shall just wear these with some boots during the winter months or they might end up being bed socks for this winter.
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Well I had my first Mothers Day in Australia with my Mum for about 15 years and it was a wonderful day. Mum and Dad took Alan and I to the Tea Tree Gully Golf Course for lunch and as always the meal and service was great. Just a shame that the entertainment, which was a good singer, was so very loud that we could hardly hear ourselves talk at times. I have to admit to a very bad headache by the time I got home but apart from that it was a lovely day.
Got home and completed the right front of the cardigan and got the rib for the second sleeve completed before I went to bed. I managed to get the first sleeve knitted in just over a day, so with luck this one will be done by Wednesday at the latest.
After all my calculations with the Bendigo Woollen Mill yarn and Patons Totem 8 ply I knew I was going to run out of yarn with just three balls. Fortunately because I had done one sleeve, the front and back I could see that fairly quickly. I called Bendigo on Thursday and was lucky enough to be able to order an extra ball of the same dyelot. My knitting is right on guage so am a little concerned about running out of the yarn. Never mind I told Jan I can make her a hat, mittens, socks or scarf out of the remains of the extra ball.
Am busy looking for a job either full or part time but would like something permanent in the city of locally at Tea Tree Gully. I am going to register this week for a course in Medical Terminology with the hope that I can then get a job as a receptionist in either a hospital or doctors office, while still trying for a dental receptionist which is my expertise. There does seem to be a shortage of trained health care workers so here’s hoping that something might come up sooner rather than later.
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I have just cast off the final two stitches at the top of the left front for the cardigan. I had a couple of nights when I spent time on the computer job hunting, and of course the Royal Wedding and was also just too tired to concentrate on knitting.
It always worries me until I get the back, one front and one sleeve of a cardigan knitted so I can see how much yarn I have left. Even when I do a yarn conversion I have a sleepless night or two. So I think tomorrow I shall cast on and do the first sleeve. Jan’s arms are quite long so I shall not alter the pattern at all and just do the length the same as the pattern recommendation.
Bit disappointing I have not yet received my latest copy of the Wild Fibers Magazine. I know I sent them my parents address and also then updated via email to our new address – and still no magazine has arrived. The last time I sent them an email, mail was still sent to the wrong address at the wrong time and my instructions were very clear. Lets hope the magazine turns up shortly.
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