It’s no secret that I haven’t been knitting since I gave birth. My needles have been kept hidden away and my stash just out on display. About two weeks ago, someone contacted me asking if I still knit and if I could churn out a couple of beanies and scarves. I said yes without much thought since I really do knit. What I didn’t count on was that the person wanted 12 knitted items and by mid-August.

The organiser in me immediately got around to working out a schedule-plan. I was lucky that a fellow Singaporean Raveler was heading back from Australia and she also happened to be the owner of a yarn shop that carried the yarn I was looking for to use in the projects. So I got her to get a couple of skeins for me. On top of that, I bought a few from 100purewool.com as well as from other people’s stash! I reckon I have enough to form a blanket (so heated blankets will not be necessary, especially not in this weather and not with my comfy wooly stash!). Thank goodness for Ravelry and destashing!

The picture you see above is the start of the first beanie. I’m about halfway through already – am happy to say that – and have been knitting at least two to three rows per night. It’s slow progress since I caught the cold from Eva over the week. I’m hoping to finish it before Chinese New Year and get started on Beanie No 2 and scarf no 1. Am seriously keeping my fingers crossed and hoping to make the deadline. Wish me luck!