A knitting project
Still haven't gotten to writing up the pants sewing post, but I did finish a very small knitting project, so you get to hear about that instead.
I've been knitting before bed as a nice screen-free wind-down activity. I tried adding reading to my bedtime routine, but my "just one more page" tendencies made that a bad idea. "Just one more row" is not nearly as tempting.
I bought this yarn years ago with the thought that it might make a nice slightly-exfoliating washcloth, so when I went looking at what I had for abandoned planned projects this seemed like a good option.
Unfortunately, I forgot how much of a nuisance novelty yarn can be to work with, so this was a little frustrating to knit. Didn't help that I'm pretty out of practice.
It's also not that great a washcloth. The texture feels about right, but it doesn't lather very nicely. Plus it's thick enough to be a nuisance to rinse, and stretchy/loose enough to stretch out of shape a lot when wet. On the other hand, I haven't yet washed it, so maybe the changes from ignoring the washing instructions will help. (It's a washcloth, I'm not going to lay it flat to dry.)
None of this is really the yarn's fault. The properties that make it a bit frustrating to knit are quite obvious if you're looking for them, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually marketed for washcloths. And it's pretty.
But I don't know what I'll do with the other half of the ball, and I can't say I'm particularly broken up about the yarn having been discontinued.
I do have a next project lined up for bedtime knitting, this time using a much less exciting yarn. 😌