Too Early for the Victory Lap

Ahem.

Last week I thought I was about to stick a pin into the worsted weight stash down.

Then I swatched some vintage wool and shetland wool and found it worked to 20 sts/inch which is worsted. I have the same sort of vintage yarn by other makers and they work to DK gauges nicely. I did a bit more research and learned that this particular brand plays better as worsted.

Then I found a few friends in the worsted category that also had been hiding in the DK bin.

On the bright side, this is a really great color and I tried working it with KnitPicks wool of the Andes. They play together very well. I do have my next two projects already picked out, so this will go into the queue for a few months.

In the mean time, I'll be inspecting and resorting the stash. It got moved around a bit in the past few years and the hanks need to be placed back with their friends of the same weight. I need to also look out for more of this particular brand.

Almost There

FWIW, I have been on a quest to work through my stash of worsted wool for several years. I have strayed from that quest from time to time but since 2012 it has been the focus of most of my knitting projects.

I'm getting really close to calling it done. I've been thinking about what that really means as we all know that there is always that odd little ball of wool that is too large to put away, but not large enough to do much with.

I just evaluated the remainder, and bagged two sets of coordinating oddballs for another two toddler sized sweaters - about 250 grams a bag.

This bag was in the last stash photo. A parchment/tan, red and some dark brown.












I had a good amount of blue and I thought the orange would make a nice pop for edges or something.

After that, I think I'll call it done.

This guy is finished except for buttons:

I really like the slip stitch pattern here.

What day is it?

Like many, I'm losing time with this shut down. Totally forgot to update here last week.

Last I visited this blog I was finishing a little sweater. It is done now.

I made a note to not work this pattern again. The cables are nice but the shaping is not to my liking.











I'm working on another toddler sized stash sweater. This one uses five colors in a slip stitch pattern that I am enjoying very much.






I'm also pleased with the stash reduction. Here is a picture from September:

And this is the picture today: