All Purpose

So last week or maybe 2 weeks ago I mentioned being in a knitting frenzy or maybe just a stashing frenzy. I even said you could be the judge, but then I gave you nothing to base your judgement on. Sneaky of me, no?

So I’ve laid off the stash posts here because I started thinking they were probably really boring and my stash pics already clog up my Flickr to the point that I don’t think anyone looks at it anymore. So yeah, I didn’t want to alienate everyone. But I also think saying “hey look at all this stuff I traded, swapped, bought” (and folks it’s a lot of stuff) maybe made me a little uncomfortable because I might be out of control right now with the yarn. Maybe.

I don’t want to get all blow by blow here but here are some facts. As of June I had bought 11875 yards of yarn for the year. That’s some yarn. I think I’ve purchased almost another 10000 yards in the last 3 months, and I’ve got some stuff still in transit. On the other hand, I have projects lined up for every single thing in my stash (ie, not in transit) and I’ve managed to let go of some things I was really never going to knit. I also wore my Louet & Lacy cardigan for the first time in NYC last week (yay!) and can’t wait to knit some more cardigans.

So for those that care about such things here are some highlights of my recent acquisitions.

I have had my eyes opened to a whole new world of yarns in the past month, including the ever elusive Wollmeise.

I also discovered Squoosh Fiberarts

and Sanguine Gryphon (though no Bugga or Skinny Bugga yet)

and Sundara

and Pigeonroof Studios

and that’s just like half of it, but I won’t bore you. If you really love yarn porn check out my Flickr account.

I’m on a yarn budget. Starting in October. Really.