MacKenzie has slept through most of the knitting this week, so I am going to have to post my progress in my own “voice” this week.
I think that it is the weather. It snowed over the weekend and the days were gloomy. I had to do errands this week which left him home alone for too many hours; ocicats do not tolerate alone time well. He still misses his brother Yellow Boy. Anyway, when he was up it was all “pet the cat!” all the time. He had absolutely no interest in the knitting or yarn chomping; instead he just climbed on me, head butted my hands to make me pet him and ran his purr engine on high. He is so cute about it the knitting went away each time he showed up at my knitting chair. So, no knitting with cat pictures this week.
In spite of the needy MacKenzie I did get a lot accomplished over the week. Check this out!
I also pulled out a languishing WIP and got knitting on it again. I have several skeins of Brown Sheep yarn that I have had stashed for over 10 years. Now that I am attacking the stash I have pulled myself together and am knitting steadily on this sweater to get it done while it is still cold outside.
This sweater is the Daelyn Pullover by Isabell Kraemer, and the second one that I’ve made so I know that it is going to be the perfect warm sweater for casual wear. Okay, let’s be honest. That is just about every day for me these days as I am all about layered wooly comfort that will keep my Raynaud’s under control. This sweater is going to be seeing a lot of wear for sure, hopefully for years to come. My Ravelry project notes are here.
So how am I doing on the 2019 yarn stash challenge? I used up another three skeins of yarn this week!! I am now up to a grand total of 6 skeins for the year; only 44 more to go.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Yarn, Books & Roses 
Your cowl is lovely! The yarn is fantastic.
The red sweater is going to be beautiful! That’s a great shade of red. I’m all about wearing wool these days too. It’s been cold here too.
Tell MacKenzie he was missed:)
Thanks. I just started a pair of socks to match the cowl in the same colorway, but fingering. That color is called “Downtown”. The red sweater is the second one I’ve made out of that same red yarn. I wore the first one to tatters so I’m looking forward to this one. You just can’t go wrong with a good red, huh.
MacKenzie should be back in action by next week. Knitting just isn’t quite as exciting without him…
6 skeins already! Wow! My stash busting is going well. I’ve managed to look at it. Not a stitch knit yet…sigh. This work stuff is interfering with my knitting time. Time yo rethink my profession. 😉
It helps that I’m retired and it is cold outside. 🙂 When I was still working I would try to put aside a little time each evening to knit or spin, but you know how that goes. Life gets in the way. Hopefully you’ll get some time soon.