Its not easy being green....but it might save you some cash!

Am still trying to get the scarf off my daughter for long enough to take a picture to upload!

But have been busy the past couple of weeks making a baby blanket. Am not knitting a rennie mackintosh style cushion - have had a go at charting the design myself from a picture in a book - but its going to need some tweaking before I can share it as a pattern.

Has anyone tried getting yarn off Ebay or Freecycle? Its a great way to pick up interesting yarns and see what you can make with other people's stash leftovers. I got a great bag off Ebay today - all sorts of 3 and 4 ply yarns, some angora and some very interesting mohair type in a dark blue with some interesting coloured "blobs" woven into the yarn.

Freecycle's a good way of picking up free yarn, needles, hooks - its not uncommon to have someone who wants to declutter - maybe they're moving house or have lost the knitting bug!!!! So are "Scrapstores - you usually pay a small membership fee and then can buy your scrap for £1 or so a bag - its interesting what you can find in them sometimes - we've had all sorts from yarns, nice fabrics, paints to paper and stickers - you just have to dive in and hunt! For both ways of getting your hands on what you need, they're cheap - a small fee on top of either a short car or bus trip.

Am also an avid hunter round the charity shops. I try and "recycle" as much of my materials as possible - have done a bit of experimenting with carrier bags and fabrics made into a ribbon type yarn but that needs alot more work re needle sizes and ideas for what I can do with it, apart from the ubiquitous "string shopper".