It’s official. I’m really, truly obsessed with this modular sock-yarn blankie that I’ve started. I just can’t seem to leave it alone. Any free moment when both girls are sleeping or otherwise occupied, there I am adding another square to the darn thing. Nevermind that meals need to be made, cleaning needs to be done, or that other knitting projects have higher priority on the to-do list. It’s just so much fun to pick out which yarn to use next, it doesn’t take very long to finish a block, and it is almost impossible to *not* go ahead and pick up stitches for the next one immediately.
Here’s a current picture:
Harry cat seems to have discovered an affinity for the camera, or at least for hanging around near the blankie. Sometimes even on it.
I’ll admit, it’s not all that much to look at yet, but I can see the potential. It’s going to be all crazy-quilt folk-art cool. Some day when I’ve knit up about a jillion squares. I haven’t even gotten it as wide as I want it to be yet – I want a nice, generous couch size that you could curl up in with a kid or two on a cold winter night.
There’s just one little problem. See that not-very-big basket right there next to Harry? That’s all the yarn I have for this project so far. I’ve already used each yarn at least twice, and it is crystal-clear that I need more. Lots more. Here I was, thinking I was being SO good, using up stash yarn and clearing out the closet. Turns out, I’m going to have to beg anyone and everyone I can think of to donate their scraps to my cause. Starting right now. If you’re reading this and you have left over sock yarn that you don’t think you’re going to use any time soon, would you pretty-please consider giving it to me? What I really want is the wool/nylon fingering weight variety, although if you have other sock yarns in either the wool/cotton/nylon blend or the all-merino types in either fingering or sport weight, I’d take those too.
There have got to be some other knitters out there in cyberspace wondering what to do with these little scraps. Some of them would probably be relieved to ship it off to a nice knitter who has a project in progress and will use it up right away. I’m offering a guilt-free disposal service! I’d even be willing to pay reasonable amounts of shipping costs to those interested in sending some my way. Depending on how many responses I get and how much yarn shows up at my house, maybe I can even share some of the love with some other lucky knitter who wants to make a blankie of their own.
So. If you are interested, please e-mail me at shellyk at shellykang dot com. I’ll respond with my physical address and you can let me know what you have and how much shipping costs look to be. I could either paypal you or work out some other arrangement. I promise to thank you publicly right here on the blog, and you’ll have the satisfaction of seeing your yarn added into the work as it grows into a real, useable blanket. As a public service, I’ll also write more about how to make your own modular blankie just like mine. It’s so easy, it’s silly.
Now for some fun family pics. I finally got tired of brushing Sophie’s hair out of her eyes and did something about it today. Here she is wearing her first little bitty pony tail.
On Sunday, Joe put his swim trunks on and hopped in the wading pool with Julie. Here they are sharing an inner tube, and she’s busy “washing” him.
PS> Love your Maine Coon!
This is too weird… I’ve got a similar “leftovers” project going, but my scraps are mostly in one color family. I’ll gladly send you some of mine if you send me a snail mail address.
I sent an email to you–I have some to send, too! Postage on me.
What a wonderful idea , I would love to have the pattern, first grandchild expected and bags of double knitting wool stashed, lots of luck, ronnie
Golly, I have some Id like to get rid of…I’ll email you for your address.
I recently started knitting socks toe-up, being frustrated by the leftovers. I saved it all(I’m Scottish) and wondered what I was ever going to do with it.Now, I know. E-mail me your address, postage on me. paulanrichards@mac.com
I hope you get enough yarn for that wonderful blankie. I, too, am dying for the pattern. Please, please, please!
I think I have some yarn to spare, if you’ll email me your addy. Postage on the house!
Beautiful daughters, but I’m biased. I’m caucasian, my husband is Japanese-American, and we have a daughter who is pretty good looking, too. Mine’s 21; it just gets better! (after the teen years, that is!)
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mtpine at sonic dot net
I’d be happy to send you all of my ends! Let me know if you’d like them.
send me your addy and i’ll get some yarn off to ya (don’t worry about the postage)
i’d just love to have the pattern to make one (someday).
email me: rebeccaATewedevilDOTcom
Hi,
A couple of pounds of sock yarn ends will be off to you on Monday. And after I packed the box and sealed it up I found some more, so will start collecting that too. You are getting Opal Tiger and Bumblebee ends – in fact you are getting a brief history of the last several years of Opal! Enjoy!
Katherine
upislandeggs.blog-city.com
Postage is on me; it’s not that much, maybe a pound of yarn. Just send me your address & I’ll look forward to photos of the finished product!
Cheers!
Oh, man… that’s *so* cool! I’d send you my sock yarn leftovers, but now I really have an urge to make one myself. However, if you’re interested, I’ll send you half of each colour I have, and you could swap for a similar amount? Then we’d have even more variety in each of our blankes.
Drop me an e-mail with your address if you’re interested.
So how much yarn did you receive? Post a picture….
Dear Sherry, and anyone else coming back to this original post looking for new information, there have been blog posts just about every day since this one, all with more information on how much yarn I’ve received and how the blanket is doing. Please go to my main page at http://www.shellykang.com and you can read the current post, or check out the archives by clicking the links on the right.
well this is a great idea and of course i find it after im sure youve gotten gobs of yarn. it reminds me of a WIP in my quilt stash. I call it my quarter quilt coz none of the pieces are larger then a quarter and its beeeuutiful!
Please post and let us know how its going and how much yarn you received!
I know that this is an old post but i just wanted to tell you your blanket is beyond beautiful. I have only finished one pair of socks but I have a small ball left over, send me your email and I’ll send it to you. Postage on me:) Would love to help. m_darcey@yahoo.com
What a great blanket! I would love to make one just like it. If you have leftovers from all you received and then don’t know what to do with it…you can send it my way.
Congrats on getting mentioned on The Yarn Harlots blog! Wow, that’s coooool!