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I've been ill this week, so I've had some knitting done, but haven't taken many photos. I'll show you some WIPs and FOs next week! In the mean time I hope you'll enjoy the following book review - for a change not about knitting or politics, but personal finance.
I've always been rather good in saving money and being kind of frugal and have never had problems with debt. That's all really good news and I'm really proud to be this far financially at the age of 26. Somewhere along the line I've been starting to think about owning a home, or accumulating so much wealth that I could quit my job (or keep sabbaticals now and then) and just sell stitch markers and volunteer for animals and people in need all day. With my current salary and lifestyle this won't be the case any time soon.
The Knitting & Crochet Blog Week is over, and as much as I loved posting every day, I just can't keep it up. So here I am returning to my 2-4 posts per week.
I'll start by showing a recent, very happy FO or actually two - the recycled green baskets! Why are they recycled? The yarn which I made them from is called Novita Flip Flop and it's made out of 80% recycled plastic bottles! The rest is acrylics. And why are they green? Well, because they're recycled - and beause they actually are lime green! Here are the specs:
Oh, yarn. How do I love thee, let me count the ways! As you can see, a lovely yarn is the last theme of the great Knitting & Crochet Blog week.
Now this is a really difficult subject - I have so many lovely yarns I could present! But I took a long hard look at my Ravelry stash and decided to choose Marks & Kattens Eco Ull.
I first was introduced to this yarn some years back, as I received two balls of it in a swap. I ended up making Nick Dashing mitts out of it. He didn't like them so much, so mostly I wore them! But I had noticed I like the yarn, plus it was not dyed and organic as well, that is representing my values rather well.
For today's Knitting & Crochet Week post (theme: a past FO) I chose Zeepy's bag, a FO from my early knitting days! This bag was actually the topic in my second-ever blog post back in 2007!
Where do I like to knit? That's today's question in the Knitting Blog Week blog-along.
I'm afraid my answer will be rather boring - on my sofa. We have two two-seating white faux leather sofas, and the other one is my realm! There is usually at least one project on the sofa, plus some more in the craft baskets on the floor. My supplies like patterns, scissors and little booklets to write down pattern ideas and notes are stored on the livingroom/sofa table.
I must admit I really like my sofa! It's comfortable and everything is in reach. When it's cold I throw the Log Cabin blanket over my legs, when it's hot I open the window. I can watch TV from here, or just enjoy the peace (I do this especially on Sunday mornings when DH likes to sleep late).
