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lucybug
Warming Up
USA
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 Posted - 11/16/2012 : 4:02:39 PM
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| My goal is to at least make a dent in my stash and UFOs. I finally finished a slip-stitch afghan in between knitting 10 pink hats for a snowshoe walk for breast cancer. I also made a Broncos sweater for my husband -- using an old logo -- then decided I wanted a sweater for myself with the new logo. I dug into my stash and figured out how to make a graph of the logo and using an old pattern for a plain sweater made that one too (I have about an inch left of the turtleneck collar.) My other stash project is a cardigan - the boyfriend sweater from Interweave -- I think it was the fall issue this year. I had the yarn and another pattern in a tub and realized it has been there so long that the sweater is out of date. I only have one sleeve and button band to go. I plan on knitting at least 2 other sweaters from my stash before looking for something new, but we'll see. I need to keep my LYS in business, right? |
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Luann
Permanent Resident
USA
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Grand-moogi
Seriously Hooked
Australia
783 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2012 : 6:49:14 PM
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Good girl. I have nothing much on the needles at present except for bed socks for this book I am writing. I am using up stash for those.
I knit a hug into every stitch |
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hillstreetmama
Permanent Resident
USA
3448 Posts |
Posted - 11/18/2012 : 10:19:46 AM
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Lucy, you are an inspiration! I am going to knit down my stash this winter...I have a LOT of singles and two-skeins. Since October 1st of this year, I have completed 14 hats, 10 dishcloths and five scarves. I have 3 more hats near completion. It sounds like quite a lot, but I keep finding more yarn. I could make over 100 dishcloths with the cotton I have on hand, and God only knows how many hats. I have so many WIPs that many of them I'm just frogging and starting over. The yarn has a better chance of being knit up if I just rewind and start over.
I keep thinking of the term someone here used: SABLE - stash accumulated beyond life expectancy. It gives me pause, and is an incentive to use my stash.
(Do not think for a minute that I am so strong that I'm not still buying. The LYS is important, and must be patronized...just at a much slower rate than I'm knitting!)
Jan
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lucybug
Warming Up
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 11/19/2012 : 10:49:35 AM
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True confessions - my LYS has moved and they had a grand-reopening this weekend. I had 2 skeins leftover from my Bronco sweater so I traded it in -- and bought 6 additional skeins for a new project. I'll never see the bottom of my stash at this rate.  |
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Grand-moogi
Seriously Hooked
Australia
783 Posts |
Posted - 11/20/2012 : 04:00:12 AM
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I will certainly never see the end of my stash either. However, my stash comprises my mother's (who died in October 1978), mine and my daughter's. I think the "end of the stash" will be my daughter's problem.
I knit a hug into every stitch |
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kbshee
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 11/20/2012 : 09:09:49 AM
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In 2011, I set a goal to knit ten miles of yarn from my stash. And I did it! Although it was a lot more than I thought it would be!
kim in oregon
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lucybug
Warming Up
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 11/20/2012 : 10:11:51 AM
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| Wow! I've never thought of yarn in terms of miles. Scary thought - but congratulations! |
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donnawatk
Seriously Hooked
673 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2012 : 11:29:40 AM
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| I keep saying I'm not going to buy any yarn until I put a dent in my stash. It hasn't work for me. I gave a lot to my niece who now knits. Only it was a good reason to buy new on sale. Congratulation! I wish it was me. Donna |
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Ditzy Girl
Permanent Resident
USA
4718 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2012 : 8:09:24 PM
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For the last 2 yrs I have been knitting out of stash and
I am getting to the point I might need to go to the lys.
What I have left is a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I am pleased with my self.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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Grand-moogi
Seriously Hooked
Australia
783 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2012 : 03:11:51 AM
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Ditzy Girl, you are truly amazing. You deserve to be pleased with yourself.
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Ditzy Girl
Permanent Resident
USA
4718 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2012 : 08:52:55 AM
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Thanks Grand-moogi , right back attcha! Have a great
day. I am almost finished with my last red sparkle hat
that I am knitting for a friend. I wore mine yesterday
for Thanksgiving.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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ikkivan
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
433 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2012 : 09:02:28 AM
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Aargh!#%&** I am so envious!! I keep telling myself that I will buy no more yarn until I use up half my stash, but I can't seem to do it. I'm knitting and knitting, and the stash still grows and now my inbox is full of Cyber Monday sale notices ...
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hillstreetmama
Permanent Resident
USA
3448 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2012 : 7:34:10 PM
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Maybe, we could teach knitting, and provide all the yarn for the students! Of course, I would have to choose what yarn I would give up. They could all make scarves, and then I'd teach them dishcloths and they could make MANY.
Jan
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Ceil
Permanent Resident
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2012 : 8:19:30 PM
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It's great to use the stash, isn't it? Of course, my LYS is a little unhappy that I'm not buying anything.....
Ceil
(Ravelry: ceilr)
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Shalee
Permanent Resident
USA
2026 Posts |
Posted - 11/29/2012 : 8:36:13 PM
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I was doing really good, using up all my sock yarn. Then I bought a CSM (circular sock machine). My local yarn store, where we have a group that meets twice a month, loves me! I've had to increase my yarn budget for 2013! I must admit, though, that I still have a lot of other heavier weight yarn in my huge stash. As a result I've got the hand knitting I can rely on for my take-along projects. I can't stand to have idle hands.
Sharon in NW PA
I always wanted my own library but I didn't realize it would be all knitting books!
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Knitting my stash!
