My Stash is Pathetic
Seriously, it is. I've seen stashes that take up entire ROOMS; mine fits in one waist-high basket along with several WIPs (Works In Progress.) Naturally none of it is anything I want to use, either--that's the way life is. Ten items in all:
1: 16 balls of Speed-Cro-Sheen cotton in various colors purchased when I learned it was going to be discontinued.
2: 3 balls of a thinner crochet cotton purchased when I was temporarily insane since there's no way I'll ever actually KNIT with something that fine.
3: 3 tiny balls of white cotton thread--all that's left from a couple of cones of weaving thread purchased in 1991 when I was _amazed_ to find a yarn shop in town.
4: 13 1-oz balls of vintage hot-pink Sirdar "Talisman," a fine wool that needs to be doubled up to get to anything reasonable. Purchased on EBay for good yardage-to-cost ratio.
5: 10 1-oz balls of vintage turquoise Lister yarn, same fine weight, same reason for purchase.
6: 5 or 6 1-oz balls of vintage olive green Calypso "Emu" wool, also very fine but with a much smoother finish.
7: 8 skeins of stone-gray Berrocco "Cotton Twist" purchased to make the red wave-y jacket from Jean Frost Jackets
http://www.needleartsbookshop.com/knitting_books/Jean_Frost_Jackets.html
but reassigned after I realized I'd NEVER finish the thing.
8: 2 big balls of a vaguely sportweight bright yellow felts-like-crazy wool that was the pig-in-a-poke EBay purchase that taught me not to buy unlabeled fiber.
9: Maybe 2 oz total of Red Heart baby yarn in a mix of white, yellow and lavender leftover from baby booties.
10: (saved the best for last) 92 yards of Lane Borgosesia "Cash Silk" in light brown. This is by far and away the best yarn I've ever had; it's even better than Noro's Cash Iroha of which I'm VERY fond.
See? Completely lame.
Gonna have to fix that one of these days.
1: 16 balls of Speed-Cro-Sheen cotton in various colors purchased when I learned it was going to be discontinued.
2: 3 balls of a thinner crochet cotton purchased when I was temporarily insane since there's no way I'll ever actually KNIT with something that fine.
3: 3 tiny balls of white cotton thread--all that's left from a couple of cones of weaving thread purchased in 1991 when I was _amazed_ to find a yarn shop in town.
4: 13 1-oz balls of vintage hot-pink Sirdar "Talisman," a fine wool that needs to be doubled up to get to anything reasonable. Purchased on EBay for good yardage-to-cost ratio.
5: 10 1-oz balls of vintage turquoise Lister yarn, same fine weight, same reason for purchase.
6: 5 or 6 1-oz balls of vintage olive green Calypso "Emu" wool, also very fine but with a much smoother finish.
7: 8 skeins of stone-gray Berrocco "Cotton Twist" purchased to make the red wave-y jacket from Jean Frost Jackets
http://www.needleartsbookshop.com/knitting_books/Jean_Frost_Jackets.html
but reassigned after I realized I'd NEVER finish the thing.
8: 2 big balls of a vaguely sportweight bright yellow felts-like-crazy wool that was the pig-in-a-poke EBay purchase that taught me not to buy unlabeled fiber.
9: Maybe 2 oz total of Red Heart baby yarn in a mix of white, yellow and lavender leftover from baby booties.
10: (saved the best for last) 92 yards of Lane Borgosesia "Cash Silk" in light brown. This is by far and away the best yarn I've ever had; it's even better than Noro's Cash Iroha of which I'm VERY fond.
See? Completely lame.
Gonna have to fix that one of these days.
posted by SamD | 1:32 PM
2 Comments:
So, er, are you, er, gonna be, you know, selling any of that stuff.
(showing my fiber addict status)
I'd be happy to trade for something...
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