Hello friends, after a busy few weeks with my hook making up your donated blanket squares the lovely Peter from Crisis came on Monday afternoon and picked up two boxes and two bags of blankets, socks, hats and mitts from here. Sadly my phone was on charge when he arrived so I didn't get a picture but I do have one of the finished blankets
The amazing generosity of folks from all over made these possible and Carol and I would like to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.
Now that I have more personal crafting time I re-evaluated my advent knitting and decided that the cowl was not what I wanted to knit with my Advent calendar, it was time for the frog pond. Luckily I was watching some Vlogmas on YouTube and I fell in love with the project that Kate of the Hawthorn Cottage Crafts was doing. She is knitting the Caramel cardigan by Isabell Kraemer, a free pattern, using her minis held together with mohair and it just looked fabulous. That was it, the search for mohair was on and I found what I was looking for at Purple Sheep yarns. I chose Drops KidSilk in the Vanilla colour for my project and was amazed when it arrived next morning, the post has been taking much longer than usual this year.
I duly cast on with a main colour from my Rosie's Moments stash and from that time I was hooked
The resulting fabric is unbelievably soft and using the mini skeins you just want to keep on knitting the next and the next. I have now caught up to day 15 of my calendar and hope to have a cosy, soft and snuggly cardigan to wear on Hogmanay.
That's it for today as my mohair is calling, stay safe and healthy and have a very Happy Christmas however you celebrate.
Mary
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