I’ve been working on the third (and final) pair of Foxy mitts and so far have used almost the entire skein of Cascade 220 Heather in Jet for all three pairs. 
I need a couple more yards to finish the thumbs and thought I didn’t have anymore…but I found some in an old swatch. Same dye lot, same yarn. I just need to unravel some and finish the mitts!
It’s a win-win! I’m so glad I found the swatch. I’ll show all three pair (mods, mistakes and all) soon.
A fox is the school mascot for three of our grandkids so I gravitate towards those pattern charts if I want to knit something for them. These Foxy Friends mitts by Fiona Alice fit the bill and were so quick and easy to knit as I began them Friday evening and finished both mitts by Sunday afternoon.
The worsted weight yarn made for the speed and using the larger needle size for the stranded colorwork helped keep the tension looser.
If I knit these again (and I’m sure I will as three kids can’t/won’t share one pair), I will continue the thumb pattern on the palm side as there will be shorter yarn floats in which fingers could get caught. These mitts are super warm with the double layer of wool used for the fox faces.
Yarns used: Cascade Heather in Jet and Japanese Maple. Brunswick Germantown Knitted Worsted in Ecru. I used less than a fourth skein (I need a yarn scale!!) of each color.
I bought a kit for the Ramona Phoenix Cowl Kit from Interweave a week or two ago. I do like the paisley pattern on the cowl but I don’t really like cowls for myself. I don’t like putting things over my head. But the yarn was such a great price that I decided to buy the kit just for the yarn, though I haven’t decided what to make yet.
The colors in the above picture are not the same as the kit which included two skeins of Plymouth Galway (210 yds. each) in black and three balls of Gina (109 yds. each) in Ocean color #17.
Have you ever purchased a kit for the contents and not for the intended purpose?
I am addicted to knitting these coasters! Click here for the pattern.
I’m trying to use up most of my Sugar and Cream cotton yarn. But I needed more of some colors.
These coasters coördinate with the colors in the chairs I reupholstered last year and since I LOVE those colors together, I had to add to my yarn stash. Right?
I already had the Hot Green, Soft Ecru and Sage so I just bought Beach Glass, Robin’s Egg Blue and Bright Navy. The red just jumped into my basket at the last minute. Oops! 
Beach Glass (cool blue) and Robin’s Egg Blue (warm blue) were too close together in color to use as a contrast in one coaster so they will be kept separate.
One coaster takes about two hours to knit. I have made some larger sizes but the five-inch coaster is so quick…plus I don’t have to count as much as a larger one.
Are 14 coasters enough? I still have more yarn and an addiction!
Knitting In Flashes 