OK, could have been better, could have been worse.
Wool in, which is from all over really, totalled 1009g.
There were two instalments of the Madrigal Yarn self striping sock club; the late July one and the August one.
A birthday gift
the left overs from my scarf weaving
and finally I actually bought 400g of this
to make myself a top which I hope will be finished in time for me to take on our upcoming holiday.
Wool out was 515g. I made two hats, one with the swap yarn and one with the wool from my daughter in law
That's the top, and I love the squared off effect, both because it looks really good and because it makes it a better fit than the normal rounding off decreases. This was made as a Christmas charity donation but I was reluctant to let it go as it fitted so well. So I was delighted to discover that the wool from the daughter in law was the right weight for me to make myself one!
The only other thing I finished was the coaster from the little 'have a go at weaving' set that I bought on holiday in Wales.
It's less than brilliant and honestly the instructions weren't very clear in several places, so I count myself lucky to have managed something vaguely useful. There was enough wool to make two, but the rest is off to a charity shop together with the weaving bits and someone else can have a go. They may make a better job of it than I did. The only really good thing about this was that it prompted me to find the weaving course that I treated myself to for my birthday and even though that convinced me that I probably never wanted to even see a loom again I'm still glad I did it.
I put some yarn into a swap package and also used up 220g in my large continuing project. So the net increase was 494g . Net decrease for the year to date is 1492g and I'm crossing my fingers for that to look healthier by the end of September.
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