You know you're a yarn addict when...
The highlight of your day will be the UPS delivery of your latest yarn binge purchase online. I've tracked the package obsessively for days. Didn't want to spend the extra cash for fast delivery, but I keep hoping that UPS has been overly pessimistic in their estimation of how long it will take that box to creep from Vermont to western Washington. They haven't been. Of course.
But, it should be here any time now. I've got my dogs out on the back deck with me, so they won't scare the poor delivery person when the doorbell rings. I've got my Ravelry "stash" page ready to upload with yarn data and pretty pics. All this despite the fact that I have no immediate plans to do anything with this new yarn.
I'll justify the excitement with the thought that most of it will go towards a fair-isle sweater. Since I bought it online, on the cheap, I have little idea what the color values are and how they will work together, so swatching will be in order. Thrilling.
Then I'll have a whole other bag lot of yarn, enough for a different sweater project. Oh, the possibilities.
Meanwhile, we all know that those beautiful balls will end up in my closet bins for the next few months or even years. Ah, well. It will be there when I want it, which seems to be the entire justification for the concept of stash.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Summer of Destash
Around New Years, I bought a bunch of clear plastic tubs and completely reworked my bedroom closet so that the shelves could be devoted to yarn storage. This works out perfectly because we always leave that closet door open, and the closet's on my side of the bed, so I can roll on my side and stare at all the pretty things waiting there.
Of course, what I realized as I sorted and stuffed was that I have way too much yarn, especially stuff I don't especially like. We all go through those bits of insanity, I realize--prices are way too low to resist, or the fumes of the yarn store make our vision go all blurry. Part of my summer plans became to work some of that junk outta here, and give it a form in which it might be helpful to someone, somewhere.
Some recent FOs that have come from that process:
Cornmeal Mats (2 total)
crocheted, using 3 brands of Red Heart Super Saver that came in a giant bundle from Goodwill.
Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks Scarf
knitted, using Red Heart Super Saver Multi, from that same Goodwill bundle
Swing Scarf, from the book Exquisite Little Knits
knitted, using leftover skein of Rowan Tapestry and what I could stand to use of Henry's Attic Spangle. It has translucent sequins in it, that serve very little decorative purpose but manage to tangle everything up in horrible knots quite nicely. This came from a grab bag I got with a purchase online at New Years, so at least I don't have to admit to buying it willingly. Added 3 crochet flowers from the book Crochet Inspiration to pretty it up.
I won't claim any of these as my finest work, but at least there's that much more empty space in my yarn bins. Actually, come to think of it, there's not. Guess the stuff expands? That, and of course I've bought more in the meantime...
Of course, what I realized as I sorted and stuffed was that I have way too much yarn, especially stuff I don't especially like. We all go through those bits of insanity, I realize--prices are way too low to resist, or the fumes of the yarn store make our vision go all blurry. Part of my summer plans became to work some of that junk outta here, and give it a form in which it might be helpful to someone, somewhere.
Some recent FOs that have come from that process:
Cornmeal Mats (2 total)
crocheted, using 3 brands of Red Heart Super Saver that came in a giant bundle from Goodwill.
Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks Scarf
knitted, using Red Heart Super Saver Multi, from that same Goodwill bundle
Swing Scarf, from the book Exquisite Little Knits
knitted, using leftover skein of Rowan Tapestry and what I could stand to use of Henry's Attic Spangle. It has translucent sequins in it, that serve very little decorative purpose but manage to tangle everything up in horrible knots quite nicely. This came from a grab bag I got with a purchase online at New Years, so at least I don't have to admit to buying it willingly. Added 3 crochet flowers from the book Crochet Inspiration to pretty it up.
I won't claim any of these as my finest work, but at least there's that much more empty space in my yarn bins. Actually, come to think of it, there's not. Guess the stuff expands? That, and of course I've bought more in the meantime...
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