June 16, 2006
Hello, my name is Sarah...
...and I'm addicted to yarn.
I feel like I'm in yarn AA. I joined these stash reduction KALs...
and 
(Cotton meaning that my stash is at least stable)
...which I had mentioned before, but now I have pictures!
Here is a picture of the stash, which usually resides in my closet in a large box. There are more pieces to this, but most of that yarn is attached to the 6 projects I have on the needes.
Click picture for details on Flickr about what each yarn is for (that feature is way too much fun!)
The good news is that I'm actually working my way through some of this stash! Salina is on her way to becoming a FO. And wow, does Debbie Bliss Merino DK STANK when wet. My entire living room smells like a dirty dirty sheep. The good thing is that I have a massive bowl of potpourri also residing in my living as well, so the smells sort of cancel each other out. Sort of. Apparently I didn't swatch for this project (stupid!) and thus was not prepared for the smell or the fact that when wet the sweater pieces stretch out to giant size. It's much easier stretching a knit to the right size than patting, shaping, smooshing, and otherwise cajoling it into the proper, smaller proportions. It worked though and now I only have about 1/4 left of the second sleeve, cuffs, and collar left until I have another sweater! Good thing it's now 90 degrees outside, because when isn't summer the best time for wearing a creamy merino long sleeved sweater? That's ok, it will be like I have new clothes come fall. Speaking of new clothes, the Gap is having an amazingly awesome sale right now. If you like the gap at all, we're talking $6 t-shirts and $10-20 bags.
09:20
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June 01, 2006
Stash-along
Total yardage in stash (as of 05.29.06): 35621 yards (roughly)
Total miles of yarn in stash : 20.24 miles of yarn
Holy cow, that's a LOT of yarn!!! But not as much as some people. What's sad is that this accumulation is only from about 1 1/2 years. Ay ay ay.
I have joined the SOS (aka Summer of Stash) KAL. The point is to knit only from the stash all summer long, from Memorial Day to Labor Day. This is absolutely necessary for me. I have about 5 projects in progress right now that I would like to finish, plus about 15 others that have yarn bought just waiting to be knit. Some of those projects are:
In Progress:
Lucky Wrap Around
Phildar Zip Cardi
Salina
Argyle Deep V Vest
On the long list:
Raspy
Phildar "Holey" Sweater
Clapotis
Adrienne Vitadini Shawl Collar Sweater from Vogue Knitting
Small Baby lace shirt (for cousin's baby)
Some sort of shawl from this killer possum yarn (yay for festival yarn!)
Mittens for my Sister
Morocco Shawl from Rowan Cotton Rope Book
Candy & Virtue Hats from Rowan Cotton Tape book
Branching Out
Random Yarn for which I have no projects:
Debbie Bliss Cotton Angora
Some lace weight yarn from handpaintedyarn.com
4 balls of Rowan KidSilk Haze
Rowan Cotton Tape bought on super sale at Elann
I also finished Green Gable! My husband is sadly out of town though working in Louisiana to help victims of last year's hurricanes and he's got our camera. So no photos until next week. But let me tell you, it's oh so cute.
(And actually, it's not even dry yet. It's been so humid here that even with full force fans the yarn is hanging on to that water so hard!)
10:50
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