I don't get as much of it done as I would like, but I do knit in real life.
If you recall, this was my holiday yarn.
And this is the elegantly crumpled version.
I almost put it in the shop, but I thought people might be put off by what appears to be a "white bit" in the middle. Sometimes though a yarn needs a bit of something pale and interesting to stop it becoming muddy.
You want to see the sock?
It's toe up (obviously) with a plain leg up so far and then a 2x2 rib cuff which is intended to be folded over. I have no idea how much yarn this has taken because the batts in my digital scales have died, but I'm sure it isn't half a skein. I am however not knitting any more until I can weigh the ball as I'd like to get maximum use from the yarn and do a nice long slouchy cuff.
And there was airport sinning spinning.
This is 80g of leftover fibre from the Club a couple of months ago.
Well no, what's on the spindle is about 15g of it, but that means there is 65g still to spin. It's 70% merino and 30% silk and I have no idea at all what it is for. Maybe I'll give it to someone for Christmas.
Giving handspun, I have decided, is much easier than giving knitting. It means the givee gets both handspun and all the pleasure of the knitting as well. Two presents in one.
I promised you a competition.
I did lots of walking on holiday.
Lots.
Not hiking, you understand, but purposeful mooching.
I also picked these up in a supermarket.
They open out to this big. Very useful items to shove in your bag when you aren't expecting to go yarn shopping but there might be the possibility of it.
Don't get excited, these are about the size of two matchboxes. Teeny tiny nougat bar-lets.
So, to enter, all you have to do is guess use your skill and judgement to work out how many of these...
... I took on holiday between the dates on the screen.
I'll even give you a clue.
One one day I took less than 10,000.
And one one day I took more than 20,000.
The rest of the time I took between 10,000 and 20,000 steps each day.
There are two stunning prizes (!) of a bag-let and a nougat bar-let to be won for the two closest suggestions.
Entries close on Sunday evening.
Prizes will be posted on Monday.
Post your answers in the comments...
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