I've decided to be brave and signup for Stashalong for one month, starting today. This means no yarn buying for the whole of April. I'm not sure I have the willpower, and think it's going to be pretty difficult.
Goals to use up some of the stash this month:
400g bulky wool for a shrug
100g to finish my clapotis
100g to make my first pair of socks
300g to finish the Erin turtleneck
Hmm, that's still less than a kilo, even with four projects.
Repeat after me 'I do not need more yarn'; if I say it often enough, I may start to believe it. Actually, I know I don't need it, I just can't help buying when I see something bright or shiny or soft.
Clapotis is coming along well. I was concerned about the colour being too drab, but now I've reached the point where there are several dropped stitches, it looks a lot more interesting.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Stash busting
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I am a fellow "stashalonger" and I am also working on the Hot Lava shrug. I just finished the shrug part and am getting ready to pick up the stitches for the next part. If you would like a knitting buddy for this project...let me know. Happy knitting!
Hey-I actually found the shrug really easy to do. I am on the body part of it, but I noticed that on my m1's I accidentally knitting holes into them by not twisting the stitches correctly. Looks like I will be backtracking some. I am using lion brand wool-ease and I like the way it is turning out. I thought it looked like we started blogging at the same time. if you want I can send you some links to html "cheat sheets" which make you look pro without really knowing what you are doing :). I also restarted the hot lava knit along at http://hotlavakal.blogspot.com/ in hopes that people would join up. Let me know how the shrug is coming...I'd love to see pictures as you work on it. I am thinking of making the same one in another color too to use up that stash of mine!
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