Here I am, in a new year dedicated to stash-busting. Opening my yarn closet doors, I see that there are now only two bags of stash yarn projects. That’s good. But it makes me want to get more projects queued up. I’m looking at you, cheap acrylic skeins purchased five years ago! You were rejected by my student knitters.
I pulled out all acrylics that appear to be worsted or bulky weight and assessed their total volume. Hm, looks like it’s enough to knit a lap blanket. Searching through my knitting patterns folder, I found this image plucked off the internet some time ago.
Garn Studio Drops Design offers it patterns for free on Ravelry. Unfortunately, I didn’t download the pattern or the pattern name. Conducting an advanced search on the Ravelry database using all possible combinations of search terms, I failed to find it.
My notes say that the design reminds me of a log cabin quilt block. So, I will improvise a knit pattern, using the log cabin technique of sewing strips around a center block. In this case, the starting block is in the lower corner, not the middle.
I cast on while watching All Creatures Great and Small on PBS. Here is my progress after the first session of mindless knitting. It is a good start.
This mindless project will be ideal for taking on a late winter car trip that Bill and I have planned. It’s impossible to screw it up, even while barreling down the interstate at maximum speed.
Daily Fiber 
Hello, I’m sure you’ll be fine winging this pattern but, if you want to, you can find it by going to garn studio https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=9195&cid=17 If you don’t want to click on the link (which I wouldn’t since we are barely acquainted) you can google “Abstract Rainbow by DROPS Design” and look for a link straight to garn studio.
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Thank you, Janine. I will take a peek at the real pattern and decide. Thanks for giving me the name and the link.
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Got the pattern bookmarked for future use.
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That’s a great project for those skeins!
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Janine and I are of like minds, I too quickly found your pattern on the Garn Studio website. (They have a plethora of patterns for free there!)
I like your stash busting idea. I have a mitered square blanket is process. I add a square (or two) when I have a some scraps built up in the basket!
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Lookie what I found!
https://ravel.me/203-2-abstract-rainbow
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Thanks! Now I know for sure that I saw it on Ravelry.
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It looks like a great way to bust-a-stash!
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That is a great pattern for using up acrylic heavier weight yarn!
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Loving your color selection so far! And always great to have a project going…
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We’ve started collating all the patterns we find and love onto gdrive. Don’t want to lose any precious patterns! 😂
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