April was quite the bind-off month! I finished 3 projects and I am very happy about it!

New Cast-ons April:

• Simple hat for KA

Bind-off April:

• Raja Sweater
• Mini Magic Toadstool socks
• Chunky Adult Flóra Sweater

The WIPs:

• December blanket – finished one more colour!
• Ibsen Sweater – I don’t know when I will finish this!
• Sunshine on the Path Shawl – started on the fun part in the pattern.
• Lopi laptopcase – I am not sure how long this will take me or how much lopi!

What I want to knit:

• Star of the Snow socks – I just really want to own a pair!
• Cowl for KA – I want to use the Holst Tides for it, it becomes so soft after washing it a couple of times.
• Moby sweater – both a mini and an adult.
• Seaglass Sweater – would eat up all my yarn stash!
• Ravelry: Goldwyn Folly pattern by Thea Colman
• Ravelry: Halu pattern by Caitlin Hunter
• Ravelry: Huuru Sweater pattern by Ronja Hakalehto

Yarn status:

Yarn	Weight 31/03/24	Weight 30/4/24	Difference	Notes
Lopi – various colours	564 gr	564 gr		Knitting a laptop-case, and the Raja sweater. I don’t know why the weight didn’t go down!
Hand dyed sock yarn	266 gr	266 gr		Mini Magic Toadstool Socks
Holst super soft – various colours	34 gr	17 gr	– 17 gr	Knitting a hat for KA
Holst Titicaca – Blue	32 gr	32 gr
Holst Tides	133 gr	133 gr		I am thinking about knitting a cowl for KA.
Random Blue yarn that I just found	18 gr	18 gr
Scheepjes – Stone Washed – yellow	41 gr	41 gr
Sept 2023 yarn
Filcolana – Arwette – dark red/purple	7 gr	0 gr	– 7 gr	Hat for KA
Sandnes Garn – Duo – light blue	135 gr	135 gr
Nov 2023 yarn
Holst Coast: white + yellow	59 gr	59 gr
Dec 2023 yarn
Holst Coast: Blue, green	69 gr	69 gr		I am thinking about making the dress this left over yarn is from a bit longer. I need to see if it still fits.
Jan 2024 yarn
Systrabönd – Mist Eik Dark	100 gr	100 gr		Haven’t decided what to knit with this.
March 2024 yarn
Holst Titicaca – Apricot	56 gr	43 gr	– 13 gr	Hat for KA
Filcolana Peruvian – Carrot	31 gr	31 gr
April 2024 yarn
Kaos Chunky Andean Wool -Courageous		19 gr	+ 19 gr	Leftovers from the Chunky Adult Flóra Sweater
Total weight	1545 gr	1529 gr	– 16 gr

I am mainly focusing on finishing the oldest yarn in the stash (everything above September 2023). I am surprised that I didn’t use more yarn in April! I was sure I would use up more of the lopi.

I know I will finish the Holst Supersoft with the hat I am knitting for KA. I still have a lot of Kambgarn (part of the lopi yarn) in grey and black that I haven’t decided what I will do with. I want to start on another pair of socks for me, I might just make a no pattern leftover yarn socks, I want to try a new type of heel.

So far I have finished 4/12 sweaters this year (or 5/12 since I finished two sweaters in April), and 7/24 finished items for 2024. I am a bit behind on the 24 things I want to finish, since a lot of the things I am knitting are larger projects.

I need to cast on the Moby sweaters soon since they need to be ready in June, I plan on having the mini one as my May sweater and the adult as the June sweater.

I want to be down to about 1000 gr when I do my August yarn inventory, that means that I need to use up around 133 gr every month (May, June, July and August). I mean, I think it is doable, but at the same time I am just -16 gr this month!