Winwick Mum Winter Haven KAL 2025

This years Winter Haven KAL pattern looks wonderful. However you have to attend to your own family's needs first. I do mean needs though not wants right now. 

This is one of my "haven spots" At night I retreat in doors to the lounge because its cold and we have a wood burner. In the day I am in my lovely light conservatory complete with strands of fairy lights left up from Christmas.

Unfortunately I left the light on to take the photo and you cannot see much other than glare but its the only current photo. I may try to take another this evening. Though that may not include my faithful Roger who was keeping me company when I took this. I took this on Saturday evening which was day 2 for me of the KAL.

There is a new free pattern for the KAL but right now I am knitting something else. Though its still socks. One member of my family desperately needs a pair of warm Winter socks so I decided I will knit them first. 

I am still taking part in the KAL though, because its still a Winwick  Mum pattern and it's Winwick Mum yarn. The colour is Spring green and it's my first time using it. I can definitely say I will be buying more in the colour though and if there is enough left I will have a go at another pair of adult socks in the mosaic pattern. I think I may have enough left over for that and my last pair are worn very thin.   I am not sure about this as yet but its a way to use up this lovely green yarn. 

Above you can see one of this child's blue socks that I knitted for him last summer. Due to our cold weather he really needs a second pair. Its surprised me how much he loves these!

There will probably not be enough of this green yarn to do the new KAL pattern but it doesn't matter because I finished the 2024 KAL in June so I will just keep knitting and see how it goes. I Think a mosaic pattern will make me a lovely pair of socks and use my current yarn up and I do not really mind if I complete the new pattern later and if I am honest it will challenge me so I will probably take over a month to knit that so the KAL will be over then anyway. There is really no reason not to continue knitting socks after the end of this KAL. I also may not use Winwick Mum yarn for it because I have lots of other brands and not much Winwick Mum. It turns out I have tons of stashed WYS yarn but its not Winwick Mum. 

So far I feel I am doing OK with the child's socks because I turned the heel of sock one last night which was day 3 so I am hopeful to possibly get 2 pairs of socks knitted this January. One adult pair and this child's pair and now suddenly my partner has jumped on the warm hand knit socks bandwagon so I am pledged suddenly ( unexpectedly because he usually does not like knits of any kind) to knit a pair for him.

Still best not to get ahead of myself! 

So here I am on day 4 of the KAL. I have not yet knitted anything today, but I am at home so assuming nothing crops up, I intend to get knitting soon as possible after writing this post. I will let you know how it progresses.

Have a brilliant week and thanks for popping by

Take care and keep warm,

Bracken