I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the yarns in my stash and think about why I haven't done anything with them yet *laughs* Hopefully it'll give me a kick to get round to using them ;)
This is the oldest stashed item I think. 3 balls of superwash sock yarn. I'd bought it to make a capelet thing from Vampire Knits, before realising that I would never wear a capelet! I'll probably use it to make socks at some point, but I have much more exciting sock yarn in my stash, so who knows when this may see the light of day!
2 skeins of 100% silk, in a greeny-grey colour. It is gorgeous, and I had started making a scarf with it but it went wrong and I gave up on it. I have a pattern queued for this, ready for when I want to make a silk scarf.
100% alpaca DK in a lovely dusky purple. I originally bought 5 balls of this, which wasn't really enough to do anything with. I have now acquired another 3 (in the same dyelot no less) so I now have enough to make a v-neck vest, which is what I wanted to do in the first place *laughs* This will probably be the next garment I cast on.
100% bamboo (apparently!) that I got from ebay. As it is from Hong Kong, I don't have much information to go on as the label is not in English, so I need to try and measure how much I have. As it is a lighter yarn, this will definitely have to wait until warmer weather.
Sock yarn, won in a swap in June. I think I'm hesitating on this one because I want to make interesting socks but I'm stumped as to what pattern might work with the colours in the yarn.
My lovely llama yarn, bought at knit nation. I do have a plan for this, and nearly started it a while ago. But the pattern calls for a lot of 2x2 rib, and I was working on my mum's ribbed cardigan at the time and couldn't face another one!
And my Wollmeise. I'm wavering on what to knit with this. Whether I go for luxury socks, a shrug, a wrap... I don't want to make the wrong decision!
Of course, I have plenty of other stashed yarn awaiting action too, but these were the ones that jumped out at me this morning ;)
You have a lot of nice stash, hope you will get the inspiration to use these ones since they jumped out at you this morning.
ReplyDeleteI find the greeny-grey silk stuff very intriguing, cant wait to see what you use them for
That is a very nice stash you have, but that green grey one is just beautiful, pick it first ;)
ReplyDeletethe wollmeise is totally amazing - I made wonderful wrap shawls last year with it - lovely lovely lovely! Wish my stash was filled with such class, sadly, it's fulled with mostly rubbish!
ReplyDeleteHOw exciting getting to decide to make with all that amazing yarn!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would personally love to see a capelet!!!!
You've got great yarn there! I can't wait to see what you knit.
ReplyDeleteAt least you have some very nice yarns in your stash. I have some bamboo, too, which I'll eventually make into a lacy top. Not a lot of yardage, so I think lace is best.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's nice to have some boring sock yarn so that you can do a really intricate pattern: lace, or maybe some gansey-ish patterns!
ReplyDeleteFor the funky sock yarn, go with something plain. I have a funky sock yarn that I'm working with now and patterns kind of get lost in there so you'd be better off making a plain old sock. Also, I have my Skyp socks that I just finished and that yarn is definitely crazy. The pattern was interesting enough to keep me going but it did get lost a little in the FO...not that I'm not going to wear them because they're grand :)
ReplyDeleteYou have some wonderful stash yarn. The silk looks particularly lovely. It is so much fun to see other people's stashes!
ReplyDeleteI loved the tour of the stash! I also have yarn that I thought I bought for one project then ended up using it for another or ahem, not using it at all yet. I like to collect yarn!
ReplyDeleteFun tour! About the multi-colored sock yarn - have you seen the "Sunday Swing" pattern (I think it's from Knitty). I'm making it right now with some crazy variegated stuff and I really like how it's turning out. The lace pattern is uber-simple and doesn't get swallowed up in the color craziness.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to go through stash from time ti time. Most of the time I come away excited about new ideas. Sometimes I come away frustrated over the lack of new ideas.
ReplyDeleteI love the looks of that silk yarn. For the swapped sock yarn, what about Wedge from Cookie A.'s book Knit.Sock.Love.? It seems to work well with varigated yarn.
ReplyDeleteI'm having the same problem of deciding what will work with my multi coloured soak yarn. Though I did realise that (excluding sock yarn) I only have 2 yarns in my stash without a project in mind, which was nice.
ReplyDeleteI really like the sock yarn you got in the swap. Very fun!
ReplyDeleteOoh, you have some lovlies in your stash! I need to "shop my stash" a bit more this year, my stash is steadily increasing!
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