Knitting: Headband, so many headbands

Haha, I don’t know what I’m doing to myself. The I’ve knitted too much in the past few days pain is back in my fingers. I’ve made so many of these headbands in the last few weeks. I’ve really been trying to push them and sell them. Money is money I guess. But I really need to find something new to make… jeez.

Here the etsy listing though: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/173619058/twisted-and-ribbed?

I actually really like making these though. I really like the texture of ribbing. I don’t know why I don’t use the stitch more, maybe because I’ve tried really hard to find patterns that were more and more challenging. Currently I’m going back to basics. Because these are the classic knitted looks. My love affair with cables are still going strong. But I’m fairly into the big twist in the middle of this headband.

Yeah I think I love knitting too much. I’ve seen more yarn than humans in the last week.

Knitting: Recycling Yarn – the poor student chronicles

 

 

 

 

This really was a labour of love. This bundle of yarn got itself tangled and took me an hour to untangle and wind. And I have so many more to go.

In my endeavor to get yarn with money I don’t have. Students budget, you know. (“student’s budget” is my favourite euphemism)

I scoured the Share Thrift Store and it so happened to be half off day, so I got a green sweater for $2.25. I underestimated the time it would take to undo it, however. I spent an entire 4 hours taking it apart and frogging half of the sweater. I have to say, while this does save money, it is completely time consuming and inefficient. Time is galleons and all that.

This sweater happened to be a 10% wool and 90% acrylic blend. For $2.25 and a whole sweater’s worth of worsted weight yarn, that’s pretty darn good.

I got two other sweaters too.

This is the one I take apart next. On a side note, this one made me sneeze like crazy. I suspect the angora hair that floated through the air as I pulled apart the seams. This might be the end of my dreams to get an Angora rabbit. 

BUT IT’S SO CUTE.

Well anyways, I frogged the sweater onto a chair and then soaked it in warm water.

There it is on the last panel hanging to dry. And that’s how we got to the first photo. Don’t get your yarn tangled, children, it makes for preventable headaches.