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Project bags from stash sock yarn

Posted on June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 by Barbara W. Klaser

I’ve mentioned here before that I’m working for the past few years — slowly — on stash busting. Today I have more progress to update, with some of my brighter sock yarns that I decided I don’t want socks from because the colors are too bright, and I don’t want to make blankets from, including for my cats, for similar reasons. In recent years I like any new cat blankets to play nicely with other colors in my home, because cat blankets are part of the furnishings. Besides, I prefer thicker yarn for blanket knitting.

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Socks not — at least not red and blue

Posted on March 15, 2023June 26, 2023 by Barbara W. Klaser

Just a quick post, and no pictures today. Well, maybe the one. I did a complete 180 turn on the socks I had started that I showed in my last post. The thing is, while I love to wear red, or have a splash of red in my accessories, I don’t wear red with blue….

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