Well worn - two jumpers

This was so hard to do. I've got no room in my drawers left, so I went through them, looking for clothes I don't wear anymore.

My Carbeth went to the frog pond. it is one of the jumpers I reach for in winter, but it's rather awful. I ran out of yarn when I made it, so the sleeves were always skimpy, and the collar was short, so it won't fold over and just sticks straight up. Add to that the cream yarn which just looks slightly grubby. I have loads of other warm, snuggly comfy jumpers (I'm thinking particularly of another Kate Davies jumper, Warriston) which will do the job better. I frogged it and got 200 grams of feltable wool out of it. I'm going to dye it up and make felted slipped for everyone I know, because I love them so much (my felted slippers, although I am quite fond of my family and close friends.)

I also frogged Boxy. I loved Boxy when I made it, back in 2018. it hasn't worn that well, and it's looking a bit tired. Also, while I blended the new skeins in, I should have alternated the whole way, and you can see that one of the skeins, the one that ended up in the middle, is different from the rest. I also have two other jumpers (Strathendrick and Treetops) with a similar boxy shape, so off to the frog pond this went.

After ripping it, I dyed up 350 grams, because

I have plans for this yarn. It's very satisfying, taking it from something that was just taking up space and making me feel vaguely uneasy, so something that is taking up space and making me feel very excited.

One of the skeins got very tangled in the dying, and lovely Leon has spent most of this rainy Sunday afternoon sorting it out for me.

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