Yarn Love Challenge

Are you playing along with the Yarn Love Challenge on Instagram?

It’s simple: each day in Feburary, you post a photo on the day’s theme, and tag it. It’s such a fun way to get some yarn-y love (and you know how much I love instagram!).

I started late, so skipped the introduction, but here are my pics from the first seven days I participated:

Yarn Love Challenge Close Up:

This is #yarnlovechallengeday2 – a close up! Here’s another little amigurumi fishy – my blog is still going through some pretty hefty renovations, but there’s a link to patten in my bio! 🐠

A photo posted by Rachel (@amiguru.me) on Feb 3, 2017 at 8:12am PST

You may remember this wee fishy from the pattern I posted recently!

Yarn Love Challenge Currently Making:

Grey stockinette doesn’t make the most interesting pic, but it’s what I’m working on and this is #yarnlovechallengecurrentlymaking! It’s a Grettir for my Mr in natural shades of lettlopi, which is more fun to knit than it is to take pictures of!

A photo posted by Rachel (@amiguru.me) on Feb 4, 2017 at 9:06am PST

I was slogging through the first sleeve of my husband’s Grettir. Now I’m on the second sleeve, and feel like I’ve really made some progress! I’m really enjoying working with the lopi yarn.

Yarn Love Challenge Speed:

When I think of speed, I think of crochet! This crochet bunting isn’t done yet, but I’ve only been hooking it for a week – it is FAST! #yarnlovechallenge

A photo posted by Rachel (@amiguru.me) on Feb 5, 2017 at 4:42am PST

Crochet is FAST! I’ve just this minute hung up the finished bunting – I’ll show it to you another time…

Yarn Love Challenge Community:

Community… I’ve just moved to new city and it’s not so easy to come by! Working on it, but for the moment my fibre art community is virtual. No complaints though, this country is beautiful and the connections will come with time 💕 #yarnlovechallengecommunity

A photo posted by Rachel (@amiguru.me) on Feb 6, 2017 at 1:18pm PST

Ouch, this was a tricky one to post! It’s never easy moving to a new place, and as much as I try to cut myself some slack, it’s hard to feel like Nellie-No-Mates. Good news though: I have found a knitting group, and plan to head along next week!

Yarn Love Challenge Mistakes:

Mistakes… I’ve made a few. I knit up this waffle stitch scarf in about two days – including at the pub! That’s why there’s a few not-waffley bits… 😂

A photo posted by Rachel (@amiguru.me) on Feb 7, 2017 at 2:04pm PST

True story: as I was knitting this in the pub, my sister said, “Don’t you make mistakes when you’re drunk?” I said “All. The. Time.” Then I spit-spliced a new ball of yarn… on to the cast on tail instead of the working yarn!

A good time was had by all that night, I’d do it again. I subscribe to the “trotting horse” theory of mistakes: if it can’t be seen from a trotting horse, it’s perfect.

Yarn Love Challenge Stripes:

Here’s one from the archive for #yarnlovechallengestripes! Simple socks dresses up with a helix stripe.

A photo posted by Rachel (@amiguru.me) on Feb 8, 2017 at 7:02am PST

Oh these socks have such good memories knit into them! I blogged about them here.

Yarn Love Challenge Where I Craft:

This is a tricky #yarnlovechallenge because I craft everywhere! Here’s a sock on a beach during our mini-moon 💕

A photo posted by Rachel (@amiguru.me) on Feb 9, 2017 at 6:38am PST

This one was simple: I craft everywhere!