Yarn Report - 2014, Weeks 3 & 4

Roger's cowl disappeared while we were visiting the Air & Space Museum near Omaha, so I bought a skein of Cozy Wool and made him another one. He likes to pull it up over his nose when the weather is really cold, but he said it fogs up his glasses when he exhales. He requested the opening over his mouth, hoping to solve that problem. I didn't have a pattern; I just did a k1p1 ribbing in the round over 60 stitches. I did 25 rows before binding off 5 stitches for the mouth opening, then on the next row I cast on 5 stitches and continued knitting for 13 rows before binding off.

I finished Clue 1 on the Mystery KAL, but when I tried it on, it was too small. For some reason, the gauge on my gauge swatch was different than the gauge I was getting on the sweater itself. So... all my work had to be frogged and started over. If I could count all the skeins I've had to knit twice lately, my yarn report would look a lot better, LOL.

Since I'm now knitting a larger size for the KAL, I needed more yarn. Luckily, Fabric.com still had two skeins of the Berroco Vintage in ruby. I only needed about 1/2 of one skein, but I ordered both. With whatever is left over, I'll make a scarf to go with my sweater.

At Fabric.com, you get free shipping with a $35 purchase, so of course I had go for that. I bought a pair of HiYa HiYa circular needles, size 5, 40" length, and five skeins of Berroco Vintage DK in a lovely chocolate color. I plan to use the DK for the Freya Hoodie, another one of Vera Sanon's patterns.

Used this Week: 1 skein
Used since 1/1/14: 3 skeins
Added this Week: 8 skeins
Added since 1/1/14: 10 skeins
Net Used since Jan. 1, 2014: 7 skeins (at least I made it to week 4 before going into the red!)