Diving into the Stash

Like so many others I've taken the opportunity to take a walk down memory lane with my stash. My stash holds more than yarn, it holds memories. I used to be able to tell you where and when bought each skein. Now it is mostly remembering it was a Rhinebeck or that's vacation yarn. Since I bought most of my yarn at Rhinebeck it made it pretty easy. What can I say I like buying yarn at festivals.

While I was ankle deep in my stash, see what I did there? I found these two and thought they would make a great shawl. But which shawl? la-mer or Ilo or Tokerau? I don't know either...

Yesterday I was texting back and forth with my knitting buddy trying to figure out the opposite side of the dilemma for her. She had a pattern and was trying to figure out the yarn. Buying yarn online is so hard. Plus I think we share the trait of not mixing yarn brands in a project. Maybe she got over that but I have not. Guess that's why I've never made scrappy socks or anything else with my leftovers. And yet one pattern designed to use leftovers has called to me forever. Maybe it is time to buy that one too and start knitting.

Wait what about that other two color shawl you've been dreaming about for years, you ask? Well it turns out that simple knitting was all I could manage for a while after my accident. It is always nice to dream but I don't like beating up my yarn. So that one is still waiting for its moment. I do believe this could be its year though... I did manage to finish two year old socks, and I am pretty proud of that.

So yeah I've been knitting and dreaming about knitting quite a bit this year. Maybe next time I can show you something on the needles.

Keep calm and take some refuge in your stash if you want.