2022 advent and other haul

 I just got 1 advent this year,  from Marmalade Yarns.  It is a pretty fade.

I also treated myself to a very special limited edition  of chiaogoo needles.

I again got West Yorkshire Spinners Christmas box. I haven't taken photos,  just of the yarn, gingerbread. 

Ribbon rose were having a sale and I couldn't resist getting an umbrella swift and fancy ball winder.

These are 200g skeins caked up. My other ball winder was only for up to 100g skeins.

Gracies first xmas and 2022 review

 Gracie had her first Christmas yesterday.  It started with a walk at the dog park 

Then back home to open her Xmas stocking 

We Then went to a friend's for lunch with her, her son and his partner.   Then we went to my cousins for dinner, so she got cuddles from 4 adults,  4 children and played with her doggy cousin, Ralph.  By the end of the day she was very tired as she hadn't had any naps.  

I have been knitting since I last posted, but as I post to Instagram,  posting here also is getting a bit much.  So this post will be a year in review.

These are most of my knits for the year.  I have a cowl on the needles that I should finish by the end of the year.  These are my completed knits for the year.

SUMMARY

3 hats

2 mitts

3 hats

2 shawls

1 scarff

2 cowls

9 jumpers

9 socks

30 items.

I got 1 advent this year from Marmalade yarn. 

Beautiful colours that I am making an Anthology Throw with.

Next post I'll talk about plans for 2023, and  current yarn status.

Its been a while, finishes, what happened to my plans and current queue.

 The new puppy is keeping me busy. But she is so cute.

Since my last post I have had a few finishes.  I made some yarn minders from scraps

I made another Stripes  jumpers.  This was made with advent yarn from yarntherapy. I had previously used it for my Juxtaposition sweater, so didn't have enough for full stripes so made the last 2 rows of each stripe in the main colour from the advent.

I made a Bright Sparks hat using yarn from the Mamawooling  Cast on calendar.   This is a gift for a friend's 65th birthday. 

I recently watched a podcast and they were talking about their make 9.  Last year I decided I wouldn't do a make 9 as my plans always change.  However I did show my current queue and said I wanted to work on a lot of brioche.

Yes, my plans changed. After working on a few brioche items I decided I really didn't enjoy knitting it.  

This is what my queue looked like last December

Of the 14 items, i made

The Collective Shawl 

Harlow, in fingering 

Krumeluuri were started and abandoned and yarn unraveled 

Broadleaf sweater 

The Frank Shawl

Out of 14 I made 4.

In my current queue only Drops of Memory remain,  so rather than make 9, I've changed my mind about 9.

My current queue is up to 20 items.

Most of these, 15 in fact,  I already have yarn for as I want to reduce my stash. Let's see how I go with sticking with this.