I’ve already written a little about the souping-up of my craft tracking, and I wanted to add now that it’s already starting to provide useful insights. One of the main reasons I wanted to start it was to help with project planning, mostly by making sure that the things I make are actually going to get worn consistently, both because I like the shape and the colour.
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As you may have gathered, I’m a fairly dedicated knitter, but I do occasionally branch out from the One True Craft to experiment with others. A couple of months ago it was crochet’s turn, after I saw this pattern on Threads and was really drawn to it. (Yes, believe it or not, the algorithm did occasionally cough up a gem or two for me.)
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In my monthly perusal of The Knitter (courtesy of my local elibrary, blessings be upon them) I came across Saltburn (rav link), a long-ish gansey-style jumper with a fun textured pattern of diamonds and zigzags. I’d recently snagged some nice tweedy yarn in a delightful shade of mustard yellow that needed something textured, but not too textured, and so I thought this might fit the bill.
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