Using up 4 ply - slowly....

It was someone's birthday last week... and I made some socks - pattern is from Lace Style book and was an easy knit.

Word of advice - first check the size of your friends feet.... these are a lot bigger than my blockers !!!



And my cardi grows - I've been joining the yarn after each pattern repeat so that the sleeves match the body...
Unfortunately it does not seem to be using up as much of the 4 ply mountain as I thought...







So I bought a pattern to use some more up ...

I saw the original vest at Ally Pally last year and wondered if I could make one....

And now having the pattern I think it will take rather a long time...and will be challenging to say the least..







And some lace patterns have been jumping at me.. At the top Honeybee stole from Knitspot. Anne has some wonderful patterns and sends them really quickly (and it will be next on the needles once I've finished something!!)

And then two patterns from here.

I thought the one on the left might make a good table runner.
The one on the right is a circular with borders to make into a square - clever stuff....


Thanks for all your messages on my results - I still cant believe I got so much, but know that I probably wont with the course I'm doing now !!

If anyone has any ideas for getting rid of earache I would love to hear them (sorry about that choice of words...) Nearly two months of pain and a wait of another month before I get to go to the hospital - I do hope they can sort me out, I'm getting far to0 grizzly and my afternoon sleeps are not good for getting anything done .....