The oldest yarns in my stash

I took a personal day on Friday. It's been a weird time, with everyone at work on various types of leave, and my father in hospital, so I took a day to help my family and to take care of myself. I drove my mother to the hospital (my father is fine, and is home now) and thought about what to knit next. I've just finished a hat and jumper charity:

And I decided to knit a Kate Davies shawl with the oldest yarn in my stash, which also happens to be handspun, which I spun during the dark days of 2021:

This is quite simple lace, but it's still lace, and needs a bit of concentration .

Then I took the second oldest yarn in my stash, which is some Bendigo cotton that I bought to make Shelley Husband crotchet squares. Which i did, particularly when I had covid. But, after a lot of squares, I've completely lots interest in the blanket. I never finish blankets for myself, and I don't want a cotton blanket anyway, but I do need a new bathmatt:

It's going quite well.

I'm not actually working on either of these this weekend - the final clue of the gnome came out, and I'm concentrating on finishing him. He's very large and very cute, and I'm looking forward to showing him off as soon as he is finished.

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