J'en ai fait une histoire de voir comment ça irait, et comment ça ferait. Ma laine était une numéro 5 et je l'ai tricoté assez serrée, donc un peu serrée pour mon conjoint surtout qu'il porte des lunettes. C'est à ça que sert l'expérience, à apprendre de nos petites erreurs. Dans ce cas-ci j'aurais dû prévoir un peu plus grand pour quelqu'un qui porte des lunettes, parce que la tuque écrase les montures sur les tempes. Je ferai mieux la prochaine fois! I made a story out of it to see how it would go, and how it would be. My wool was a number 5 and I knitted it quite tight, so a little tight for my spouse especially since he wears glasses. That's what experience is for, to learn from our little mistakes. In this case I should have planned a little bigger for someone who wears glasses, because the hat crushes the frames on the temples. I'll do better next time

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the January Stash Busting Contest. We had 26 participants and completed over 250 projects. Now for the results: Our Top Three Winners Who Will each Be Receiving A Ball of Lion Brand Pound of Love from my stash are: 1. @Julie Findleton 286 points 2. @Ashley Busby 215 Points 3. @Janie Dillon 143 Points Our runner-ups include (in no particular order): @Linda Simard @Amanda Berridge @Barbara Amarillas @Suzane Mesheau @Katherine Freemanfahrig @Angela Skelton @June E Mackenzie @Autumn Fox @Shani King @Shanon Wosz @Ruby Dack @Zona Taylor @Joanne Lundie @Christine Wharton @Miranda Robinson @Ashley Busby @Dd Stoller @Paul Brown @Loni Tormoehlen @Deb Gothard @Penny Doyle @Frances Allen @Andrea Goode @Brenda Lonsdale

It started with a bag full of mystery yarn 🤷🏼‍♀️ — unlabeled, unpredictable, and perfect for “practice.” The dark yarn behaved beautifully; the light one? Not so much. It snagged, split, and made my poor needle 29 struggle to get from under each stitch it made, working overtime just to keep up. After many repairs and a growing sense of “let’s get this done,” as the dawn was creeping in, I stopped at 180 rows. Then, of course, I realized I’d forgotten the waste yarn cast-off — too late to fix it! I carried on, pretending it was all part of the plan. The waste yarn on the other end tangled, split, and protested several attempts to remove it. Eventually, I had to cut it free. I finished the scarf anyway, though I’ll probably undo it later. Bottom line: if you don’t know your yarn, expect surprises. But if you keep going with joy, every knot becomes part of the story. Though edited a bit the above was written with AI from the longer version below which I wrote myself. Why? Because it was long and I don't want to waste your time if you don't want to read so much. 🙃😁🙂 Be warned, 😁 the following is basically repeated but somehow longer. 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 🤷🏼‍♀️ A cautionary tale 😂 I'm not thrilled with the turnout of this one. 😆 Also not disappointed since it's all part of the learning adventure. As I mentioned in my 1st project post, I have bags of yarn. Many are unlabeled. So, I think, best used for practice projects like these. The dark color on the scarf is soft and the light color is not so soft. I had a lot of issues with the light color on the machine and needle 29 kept getting stuck under its stitch that I had to help it out quite a bit. I did many repairs along the way with the light color but had enough and stopped at 180 rows. It was close to finishing the light color anyway. I forgot to finish with waste yarn. By the time I remembered I'd already cranked that first cast off row. I decided to complete that process and pretend it was intended 😂. I used contrast color to pick up the stitches off the machine. I had to do some drop stitch repairs during cast off as some stitches were not right.

Except this week until the 29th.