so it seems that lots of people this year overbought their stash and have no need to accumulate more, huh? that's ok :) i have alternate plans for most of the yarn in the last post. my mom has asked for the assorted cotton and someone else is going to take the sock yarn off my hands. i'll leave the post up for a few more days in case anyone has second thoughts (that tahki cotton classic is a STEAL! especially if you need some for a mason dixon log cabin blanket!) but i do need your advice on two other matters.
- NYC residents! i'm seeking a charity that will take yarn donations. i have a large bag of mixed yarn from the spiders that needs to go to a place that will use it. i was thinking that a senior's center, domestic abuse center, or other women's center might be good choices. i've done plenty of google searches and asking around but have come up empty. if you know of someplace that will allow me to drop off this yarn in manhattan or brooklyn (no shipping! that would be crazy), please leave it in the comments.
- on a more non-localized charity note, i'm looking for charities that will take things like simple knitted hats, scarves, etc. also for a good cause. i know plenty of you knit for charity but a lot of the names are escaping me. i figure i can whip up some really quick and easy hats with a lot of this leftover yarn and that they would be greatly appreciated by a charity that collects such things. also, please leave names/URLs in the comments. thanks!
a quick update on all of my projects:
the baby N blanket is past the half-way point and is getting easier to handle, row by row, as i'm decreasing one stitch per row. i already wove in the ends on the first half of the blanket so that it wouldn't be a crushing task at the end.
the angel sock is ready for its heel! i made good progress on this first sock at a play reading this weekend. i'm going to do a garter stitch short row heel using the wrap method outlined by misocrafty.
wow, the contrasting yarn looks really gold in this picture. it's more of a wheat color, i swear. i took all these photos this morning as i was running out the door. should have color corrected them! kyoto has the beginning of its sash! horray! i looked at the photo on knitty and made sure to do the opposite (incidentally, her instructions in the pattern are correct.. it's left over right but the photo is backwards. my guess is that knitty flipped the photo.) i noticed also in the photo that the cross over on the front is pretty wide, but when i tried it at home, it looked horrible. it looked best crossed right at the front. so i'm working on this every now and again when i'm tired of the baby blanket. but the baby blanket HAS to be finished soon. my cousin, kate, is ready to pop! she's posting her eviction notice soon. i must knit furiously!
speaking of furious knitting, check out this really cute youtube video i found this morning (runs about 7 minutes, but it's worth it.)
the last knit
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