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Truth be told I have not got a lot of knitting news to share with you. I want a new knitted item to go to Wonderwool with at the end of April, and that has taken over from all other things. Combined with life whipping along at an alarming rate, but uninterestingly so if that makes sense. Blogging about the fact I’d worked a full week by WEDNESDAY week before last is really not interesting at all!

The long 4 day bank holiday weekend gave me a chance to sit back and take pace of things, and also to spend time with family which is the most important of all. Last Monday I spent the day slaved over the cooker and made Sweet and Sour Chicken, – 3 Portions Ginger Beer Pork, (3 meals worth each) Cream of Spinach Soup – 7 portions Meatballs, – 6 portions. Thai Fish Cakes, – 4 Portions Leek and Ham Rissotto – 5 Portions Cheesy Baked Turkey Macaroni. – 7 Servings. That’s 35 Portions put away; food for 17 nights for both of us; and one for me when I’m on my own.

Today I tackle the issue of my yarn stash!

The other day I bought these pretty bags

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And I spent the day sorting my Yarn and stashing it all on my Ravelry page. All 41149 yards of it according to Ravelry.

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However I did have time to whip out a dishcloth to make some room in the stash!

 

Tomorrow I start the painful process of a provisional cast on. The sweater I’m currently knitting calls for more yarn then I have. It’s also very long and contains a hood which eats yarn so I assumed I’d be fine. I’m nearly down to my last 3 skeins, and seeing as this yarn was bought in 2010 I won’t be able to get the same dyelot. So I’m going to provisionally cast on and knit from the underams upwards including the sleeves. Then I’ll put my existing work back on the needles and knit until I’m nearly out of yarn and graft the two together. Hopefully this is a good idea and won’t fail. Hopefully. We shall see!

If I never post about it again safe to assume that it was a failure Winking smile

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