The End of the Yarn.

I have finally reached the end of the Cygnet Radiant Prism Yarn. I decided to have a go at a mile a minute afghan, on the basis that 1) it would take no designing and therefore, little thought process after a busy work week and 2) I wouldn’t need a set amount of yarn to complete it. With at least 4 balls still in the bag I got going. I decided to do 150 stitches long strip with a 10 cm diameter. I figured that, if the yarn did really go on forever 150cm is a nice width and if I managed to finally run it down then it could easily be the length and would make a nice lap or cot blanket. The good thing about mile a minute strips is that they are easy and portable. At least one strip got done while sat in a very chilly playground for my daughters extended play session. In the end I managed to do 8 strips with the remaining yarn. I don’t think I did the same pattern twice for any of the end increases but they all measured the same length and matched into shape. To join the strips together I crocheted – I hate sewing knitted and crochet pieces together. The final product was nice but I think the thing I am happiest about is finally getting to the bottom of the yarn bag. I swore I was going to sort out the yarn cupboard before my next project but the weekend got away from me and it didn’t happen. The next project is stash busting too, so I will make sure I sort the stash out after this project. Definitely… maybe… probably…

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