I have some crafting progress to report. I've been slowly working on a mug rug for my next swap. I have the knitting part complete I need to do some embroidery. 
It's going to need blocking. The cast on edge (at the top in this picture) want to fold over. When I do some more of these I'm going to do a different cast on, this was a long tail. I chose to weave the CC colors as I knit. That first row of the lavender color turned out a bit wonky but so far its been a fun little project. I'm using all scraps. The purple is Queensland Collection Super Aussie from at least a decade ago. The lavender is Cascade Heritage Silk from when I made my MIL a shawl again ages ago. The pinkish redish in the middle is I think Noro Silk Garden, it didn't have a ball-band. The chunky green is Happy Sheep Wool Print left over from my Permutation Hat and Mittens. The Happy Sheep is a loosely spun single so its shedding already. I grabbed quite a few yarns out of my scrap bin, so when I do another one of these I'm going to use the other chunky weight yarn I plucked out, which is a Manos del Uruguay yarn. That's it for knitting. I plan to sew something for this swap as well. That's really it for me. Reading has still been taking up all my free time, which is fine.
It's going to need blocking. The cast on edge (at the top in this picture) want to fold over. When I do some more of these I'm going to do a different cast on, this was a long tail. I chose to weave the CC colors as I knit. That first row of the lavender color turned out a bit wonky but so far its been a fun little project. I'm using all scraps. The purple is Queensland Collection Super Aussie from at least a decade ago. The lavender is Cascade Heritage Silk from when I made my MIL a shawl again ages ago. The pinkish redish in the middle is I think Noro Silk Garden, it didn't have a ball-band. The chunky green is Happy Sheep Wool Print left over from my Permutation Hat and Mittens. The Happy Sheep is a loosely spun single so its shedding already. I grabbed quite a few yarns out of my scrap bin, so when I do another one of these I'm going to use the other chunky weight yarn I plucked out, which is a Manos del Uruguay yarn. That's it for knitting. I plan to sew something for this swap as well. That's really it for me. Reading has still been taking up all my free time, which is fine.
I put out quite a few Ravelry inquiries for Malabrigo Sock yarn for Aunt Jane's scarf/shawl. I've gotten one hit so far out of 10 or 15. I'm going to give it a few more days then just order which colors I want, I guess. It took me months and months to get the original yarn because I wanted to use exclusively destash yarn. It adds another layer to the challenge but it is much easier to just order exactly what I want. Okay now that's it for me.
-Q
Love the mug rug idea. Hmmm. Great way to use up scraps.
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DeleteWhat a pretty mug rug that is going to be. And your knitting is so perfect!
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