I’ve been working on the stashbusting baby blanket on and off for a while now. nothing too exciting - just a big pink rectangle of stockinette. was figuring I’d end up finding a baby to give it to (my cousin’s due in November - so if she has another girl, I’d have a gift at the ready). It’s been on my desk (I worked on it the other night while listening to the first chapter of Twilight.), but I tossed it onto the floor while trying to clean my desk off earlier.

hmmm… maybe I’ll be keeping it:

that was earlier.

this is now.

(and if my sister’s reading this, the blue up in the corner is the hat he pulled out so he could sleep on the other hat.)

so, you may recall I’m attempting to make the stash smaller (as evidenced by the StashDown counter over there in the sidebar). I’ve been trying to keep it close, but I know there’ll be some inaccuracies.

So I downloaded my stash from Ravelry and totaled it up. apparently I currently have 19.12 kg of stash. I’ve destashed quite a bit, but I didn’t think I had acquired that much new yarn. No idea what my actual destash total is, but according to Ravelry, I’ve acquired 3.9 kg. Granted, the other part of StashDown is actually USING the stash (knitting from stash. huh. fancy that.) - and it looks like I have 4.7 kg wrapped up in WIPs. well, I suppose with some luck, I’ll end up with a smaller (albeit barely) stash.

Note that as I was not spinning at the start of the year, the fiber & handspun stash are not included. (nor are we discussing that until next year)

as for the other half of the goal (reduce WIPs): yeah, that needs some serious help. I will need to become a knitting machine between now and the New Year if I want to get anywhere near close to that goal.

ps. Thursday will be my 4 year blogiversary.

DSCF6378, originally uploaded by criosa.

The second half of the Duo.

I started this Sunday during spinning at The Fiber Studio and finished it up tonight.

While I’m not usually a red/pink fan, I absolutely love how this spun up.

I’ve joined the Tour de Fleece (and on Rav, on Flickr).

I’ve joined the Rookie & Stashbusting teams.

The Tour starts today. First things - to finish spinning the stuff in progress (previously seen here and here). After that, I haven’t decided yet. Possibly the bunny blend from Shepherd’s Harvest.

the knitting’s taken a bit of a break since May. I’ve been sort of working on the Country Kiddie tank top for a friend’s little one, and really should get it finished before she outgrows it. This is the yarn I’m using:

in WIP other news, I’ve started the Positive Energy Shawl (from Patons, though it’s no longer available on their site). I’m not sure why I’m making it (other than 4 of the 6 yarns being in my stash already), but I’m actually enjoying it (despite it taking two hours to work 4 rows). Started June 28, here’s the progress through today: