I have three balls of Scheepjes colour crafter in grey in my stash and I’m not entirely sure where they came from. I think I might have been given them for free or almost free at the local craft store where they know me because the colour was discontinued or something. I don’t know why I accepted them because it’s not really my colour, but it’s been in my stash for a while. I knitted a shawl over the last couple of weeks, I picked up the yarn at a craft fair and got the pattern for free. It’s a very fast and easy knit. It calls for 2 x 150gr balls, the grey yarn is 3 x 100 gr so that’s perfect. And it’s the kind of pattern that you just keep repeating until you run out of yarn. So finally this grey will leave my stash. I think I will give the finished shawl to my mum, who really likes grey and beige and gets cold a lot in winter.
Also, I climbed up to the attic today and found my box of “to be framed / finished” cross stitch. I knew there had to be more than was lying around in my craft room and I vaguely remembered “a few old things” in the attic. It’s of course way more than a few things, a whole box. Plus a couple of empty frames. Let’s see if I can get some more finishing done this summer.
A couple of hats completed in the 1st week of June before I went on vacation. 125 grams / 312 yards used.
The left one matches the rainbow theme @J-squared ! Nice job.
I made a spaghetti strap nightdress! It’s nothing spectacular but I had some knit fabric left over. This was the last bit left over from a piece of fabric I bought from a €1 remnant bin years ago. I finally finished up my red bobbin stitching this. The lace bias tape was a friend’s scrap. She sells all sorts of sewing notions and this leftover bit was too short to sell, but I figured it would just be enough for the top of this nightdress.
Honestly, I could have done a slightly neater job but I wanted it done, and it was going to look a bit weird anyway. Normally I stitch the strap all around the armhole but I just folded the fabric over because I didn’t have enough fabric to make the shoulder straps any longer. But it’s done, this scrap is finally out of the stash and no one is going to care what my sleepwear looks like.
Looks very comfortable, especially for the summer weather.
Yes, I was definitely trying to follow the June rainbow theme on the first one. The one on the right I’m calling the storms before the rainbow. The rainbow colors were from yarn sets that also contained the stormy colors.
Hooded froggy baby blanket entirely from stash. Used the last tiny bit of the yarn to tie a label onto it so the whole 3 skeins of green are out and in the world being useful.
How cool is that blanket?? 
and even better that it’s used up a 3 full skeins with no leftovers.
I finished up a large spool of black sewing thread and also used up an entire bobbin! It was one of those massive Guetermann spools that holds like 5 normal spools worth of thread, and I’d had it for a while. I have plenty of sewing thread in stash so it’s good to use up. There are so many good deals on black and white thread to be had that I end up buying them quite frequently and the stash is growing. Right now I’ve got two full unopened large spools of white and 4 in black. I hope to finish a quilt top tonight so I can quilt it tomorrow and send it to the person it’s for. I should have enough batting in stash too.
Is my clothes closet considered stash? I’m ripping apart a pair of hiking pants to turn them into a skirt. I need a light weight skirt for camping and yes, I love shortish skirts in the summer. All the ripping is done, we’ll see how it goes.
I have several pairs of capri length pants that I am trying to figure out how to make them longer. My sister gave me most of them and they are just not my style. I like looser and longer pants, so I might just have to give them away. I saw on Pinterest some cute remakes that added to the bottom so I might try it on one pair. The pants fit me great except for the length.
It’s usually pretty easy to add length to pants using a faux hem or a bit of broderie anglaise or lace or something. But to make capri pants full length, you’d have to add quite a lot of fabric. I’d be curious to see how that works out.
If you really like the fabric & the fit, & the challenge, you’ll figure it out.
Otherwise, you can always donate them & move on to sewing something you really want to sew 
The piece of quilt batting I had left over is just not big enough. About 8-10" too short. And that’s the only piece I’ve got left, I used up all the batting scraps for potholders and bowl cosies in a recent swap. So I can’t finish today. I just ordered new batting for pickup from the local quilt shop. It’s a very full shop and often busy, so for an order that involves cutting I’d rather order ahead. The owner can cut it when she has time and I don’t have to carry bolts to the cutting table in a busy shop.
Take two of the pairs and use one to lengthen the others. Or add the length in the mide of the legs. Or donate and make tour own. But have fun.
You know what? You’re right. There is only one pair I like enough to mess with. I would rather finish sewing all those lovely fabrics from India. I needed that jolt. Thanks! 
Love you, Linda. Happy to encourage the most fun endeavours!
Made another thing over the past 5 weeks while sitting with my MIL at her infusions. We are usually there for hours, so I need plenty of busy work. I used 147 grams / 578 yards (almost the whole cake) of this gradient yarn.
Here is the pattern. I dropped one of the pattern repeats to make it more narrow. I was concerned I wouldn’t have enough yarn otherwise.
The yarn you chose for this really worked well with the pattern. It is gorgeous!
Thanks. I probably should have used a larger needle so the knit would be looser and more “flowy”, but I was already a significant way in when I thought about it, and this yarn was fuzzy. It would have been too difficult to frog.
