{"id":2152,"date":"2020-02-04T11:37:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.wordpress.com\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2020-02-04T11:37:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:37:38","slug":"scraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.co.uk\/?p=2152","title":{"rendered":"Scraps"},"content":{"rendered":"

I never really understood scrap yarn until I started knitting socks. Anything I had left over ended up in a big bag of many-weighted mis-matched colours, which usually ended up going to a knitting group, being used for holding the sleeve stitches in top-down sweaters, or being stuffed out of sight at the back of my stash.<\/p>\n

Until I started knitting socks. And, more specifically, until I discovered the insanely beautiful yarns available for socks. And the fact that a 100g skein would usually leave enough yarn to make a substantial contribution to another project.<\/p>\n

Enter this oh-so-simple triangle shawl-in-the-making.<\/p>\n

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Each stripe is identifiable as a sock that I have created, and each colour brings me deep joy. I especially<\/em> love the little glittery flashes from the two Fondant Fibre glitter sock yarns, which give it a whole extra aspect of beauty. To me, that is.<\/p>\n

It’s taking an age, but that is largely because of the (as mentioned on Insta) 48,000 other WIPs I have, incapable as I am of sticking to one at a time. I have great admiration for people who can start one, work on it, finish it, and start the next. But that’s just not how I roll.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I can’t wait to finish it.<\/p>\n

And as I know I have also mentioned before, in a bid to make my own small difference to the consumer overwhelm, these days I refuse to buy any new clothes, so everything (other than my smalls, obviously) that enters my wardrobe these days is either pre-loved, or created stitch by stitch by my own fair hand.<\/p>\n

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This picture is a case in point.<\/p>\n

I was particularly smug to discover that my new socks,<\/a> and my old-favourite sweater matched my ‘new’ eBay skirt perfectly.<\/p>\n

And on I go, with plans for more woolly delights to match my preloved wardrobe.<\/p>\n

It feels good <3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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