). But I've always kept things I have started in the mostly vain hope that I'll finish them some day 
So............when doing decluttering of various stuff earlier in the year, I did a ruthless cull of all the bits and pieces of knitting and crochet, disposing of lots of wool as Ally knows, but kept a rather pretty circular baby's shawl I had started to crochet many years ago for some long forgotten baby. So the year progresses and we get news of our second grandchild being on the way and I think about the shawl. Of course at the moment I'm sitting around a lot, so I've dug the shawl out and re-taught myself the stitches and am rather enjoying it! There's a lot more of it done already than I thought so I'll definitely have it finished in time, in fact might have time to knit a few bits as well
Honestly, I really do think I started this shawl maybe 30 years ago as the pattern is really old with tiny print - which is just as well, because I can't really understand it anyway If I want to do more crochet from scratch I'll have to start relearning from scratch too!!Needless to say, I'll put up a photo of this 30 year masterpiece when it's finished
) - I wore it loads and could never bear to give it away to Oxfam, not that anyone would wear such a thing nowadays.