My Pick 'n' Mix CAL

The Simply Crochet magazine is running a CAL and of course I had to take part in it. It started last year and there have been five parts as of now, though my issue hasn't arrived yet so I only have four parts done. I ordered the yarn pack from Wool Warehouse, the yarn is Cascade 220. So far I'm really enjoying it, each part has had different techniques and I love all the colour combinations. There's going to be 12 squares in total, if I remember correctly.

Part 1. Each part is two squares in the same pattern but with different colours.

Part 2. I need to weave in the ends sometime soon so I don't have a million of them in the finished blanket.

Part 3.

And part 4. 

Also my Impromptu cardigan is 90% finished, I just need to sew the pockets in place, weave in the ends and buy some buttons. I did some light blocking and also steamed the cardigan to smooth out everything. 

The colour is very washed out in the picture, it's much more green in real life.

Last projects of the year

My new years resolution for 2017 is to have less WIPs and to finish most, if not all of the WIPs I currently have. I don't know if I'm able to actually do that though, I'm already thinking of many things I want to make and I want to start right away!

Here are two projects that were finished last year:

A pair of random socks, I just suddenly wanted to make some socks so I did, with no real plan or anything and they were done in two or three days. 

The yarn is Novita 7 Veljestä in different colours, all leftovers, with 3,5mm needles. I gave these socks to my mom.

I need to take better pictures of these gloves because they are gorgeous and I love wearing them! This yarn is Crazy Zauberball with 2,75mm needles and the pattern is something that I just made up as I was knitting.

Then there's two projects that I'm currently working on:

This will be the Impromptu-cardigan, made with Hedgehog Fibres sock yarn. I fell in love with this colour, called Fly, and really wanted to make a jacket of some sort for myself, and after looking for patterns I ended up choosing this one. I'm super excited to see how it comes out and I can't wait to start wearing it!

And finally, here is again my leftover-sockyarn blanket, I have been adding new colours every now and then, and around christmas I spent a couple of days in a row working on it. It's absolutely lovely but not done yet, I want it to be a giant blanket you can wrap around yourself and be buried and warm.