Working the Stash

2019 makes it three years, I think, of concentrating on my worsted weight stash. I've made quite a dent, and maybe will be through it this year.

I told my husband a few weeks ago that I feel somewhat responsible for my stash. I thought about just dumping a bunch of it at Goodwill or some other outlet, but that feels wrong.

Instead, I fuss over who goes with what and how I can create complete adult sized sweaters out of what I have. It is a puzzle I have created for myself that has no real reason. Sure, I can make scarves, blankets, felted bags, and other projects where size and fit do not really matter, but that is not what I want to do.

So, the red from the Henry VII that was abandoned has found a new place as part of a two color sweater. The weird reasoning is that I want some red for a mostly brown sweater that is queued up next.






After working this much I think it looks like a nice pattern for Christmas pajamas.

I finished the Inverness sweater. The sleeves lined up nicely with the body, don't you think?

Been a While

Well, Henry 7 is history. Frogged and ready for another try with another design. I just was not liking it and even worse, was not liking to work on it.

In the mean time, we moved back into our house. Yeah! That is another story, but the bulk of the flood chaos is behind us now.

Oh, knitting. I made this brioche sweater using five kinds of yarn. I wanted a shawl collar the size of Texas and it worked out pretty well.

 This one is all stash yarn and uses the Drops 44-6 pattern.

 This one is mostly stash yarn. The dark blue is from Knit Picks. You may recognize the colors from Kiyomi (orange), the turquoise Ocean Glow, and Lemony. It is a copy of a Dale of Norway design called Inverness. It is a nice stash buster if you have about 3 ounces of the three pattern colors.