Inheritance part 1

Apologies for the radio silence. These last couple weeks have been busy-busy, but I'm back!

I mentioned a while ago that I was going to write about some fun goodies I'd "inherited." I use quotation marks because no one has passed away recently in my life. My mother inherited all of my grandparents' crafting stuff when they passed a few years ago. Truck loads of yarn, quilting supplies, multiple knitting machines, etc., etc. All of the 100% acrylic yarn I use is from them, and I tend to pick up a few skeins each visit. I also peek through other boxes of stuff on occasion, but until I moved back to Arizona, I normally didn't find anything worth carting back home on the plane.

Over Christmas, I got something a little more interesting:

Two yarn winders, shown here mid-frogging-and-winding.

I had knitted (on a loom) two panels of a sweater a long time ago - before I really understood gauge, let alone ease. I accepted that I was never really going to do anything with these panels, let alone make a sweater out of them and wear it, so I frogged them straight into the winder.

The winder on the left is useful for small yarn balls that wind easily, because it doesn't have the gripper, but the one of the left was perfect for these greater-than-one-skein panels. The yarn is just an acrylic cream, but I'm looking forward to playing with it. The smaller cakes are perfect for loaning to friends who are still learning crochet.

Part two of inheritance soon, as well as a discussion of the hat pattern I'm currently working up. Wish me luck!