When Knitting Starts Looking Like Snack Food

(Original title of this post: “Wednesday”.  I hope you like the upgrade.)

When knitting starts looking like snack food – maybe it’s time to do it over.  After I took this picture I realized – whether it’s the yarn color or the shape – it looks like a goldfish cracker.

Started these slippers a few days ago and had to tweak the pattern so much because of the doubled yarn I was using.  These may look cute, but they don’t really fit – will be undone and started over.  Something went wrong with the tweaking part.  If you’ve knit or crocheted slippers in the past, I’d love to hear what patterns you like.   

I made some knit slippers for my girls when they were little – but they were ugly – so I’m not crazy about making that pattern again – even though they stayed on.  Looking at new patterns on Ravelry.com right now – would like to get this done by the weekend.  If the new ideas don’t go well, I’ll make the old ugly pattern and add a crocheted ruffled edge or something.

Sewed up another flower from the most recent book I’m loving working from: 

Having fun using up my odds and ends of stash yarn with these small projects.  Since I don’t have the labels for most of these yarns, I’m really flying by the seat of my pants when it comes to needle size and content.  I just finished a bracelet that came out HUGE – redoing it in a smaller size needle is coming out much nicer – will have pictures of that comparison in a few days.  The first one will just become a bookmark.  

What do you do with your yarn odds and ends?

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