The [Knits In] Podcast Episode 7

Hello!

In this episode I give a quick recap off all of the things that I have knit up for my lovely new niece, Seraphina. I also bring out a few finished objects that were somewhat impulsively cast on... Which apparently is how I've decided that most of my knits will come to be.

As of late, I've been adding loads of lovely patterns to my favorites on Ravelry. At night before heading off to bed, instead of browsing Instagram or Facebook, I revisit those favorites in search of my next project. Once I have singled out a pattern (or two) that I can cast on using stash yarns, I get to work on my gauge swatch(es). Then, once I make gauge I cast on, and that's it!

On the plus side, creating this way has allowed me to finally start focusing on the yarn that I already own instead of planning trips to go out and buy more yarn. Don't get me wrong, I love buying yarn, but I don't always need to. Revelation of the century! My stash is dwindling, and I'm okay with that.

At the very end of the podcast I have inserted a few highlights from our recent trip to San Antonio. We had a blast in case you were wondering :).

Better Late Than Never: Hello, Raleigh!

  *08/07/19: I completely forgot to publish this post! It's been months since I wrote it and to be honest, I completely forgot about it. Sorry!*

Hey guys! Guess what? I've moved! That's right, for the first time in my adult life I have moved more than a few hours away from home. When I found out that I was moving I was so excited! Like beyond excited. So much so that the days started to drag by, especially within the last few weeks before moving, and I just could not wait to start my new life.

The Last of The Wool: A Year of Stash Busting, Part 1

      As mentioned in an earlier post, I have made it a goal of mine to use up the remaining wool in my stash and replace it with high quality non animal fiber yarns #thelastofthewool. I made the decision to do so last year after seeing just how much of my crafting space the wool was taking up. This year was pretty successful for me as far as knitting goals go. My goals were to have more finished objects than the year before, To finish the projects that I start in a reasonable amount of time (rather than creating hoards of WIPs only to sit untouched for years then be frogged), and to make a dent in my vast and previously ignored wool yarn stash. I'm proud to say that this year I have finished more projects than any of the previous years, that most of them have been finished within a week or less, with the exception of a Lavender Kimono which took an ungodly amount of time to finish and literally led me to believe that the entire universe was against me finishing it (I'll have a post on that hopefully in the near future), and that I was able to put a large dent in my remaining wool stash.

  How did I make my goals this year with even less time to knit than I had before? All I can say is