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KAL-Lite

My last FO of 2015 was a pair of socks in the colorway Shades of Portland that I purchased from another Raveler’s stash.  They knit up in less than a week, and how I love the pastel hues, especially that mint green strip.

Canon Hand Dyes, Charles Self Striping, Shades of Portland
But three days into the new year and I’ve broken my resolution to go KAL-free.  As I set about tidying the house, I felt shamed by all the yarn staring back at me.  If I could just make one basket disappear….  

So in reading through a few message boards I found a KAL that requires one pair of socks per month.  That seems more manageable than last year’s 15 in 15, plus I can still work on expanding the knitting repertoire.  Instead of 2016 being KAL-free, I’ve decided, in the name of stash-busting, to go KAL-lite.  Here’s my January skein in the colorway Horse of a Different Color.  
Canon Hand Dyes, Charles Self Striping, Horse of  a Different Color

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