More stashbusting, ahead!

For our Pediatrician's newborns on their first visits!

This was an Elizabeth Zimmermann Tomten Jacket for my niece, Kayla:

And some more stash-busting for God's Tiny Angels:

Using stash for baby things...and more FO's

This is for God's Tiny Angels. I am doing an Angel Wings Newborn Pinafore in the same stash-busting yarn! I don't have progress pics of that, though!

The rest of what you see is using up yarn that I either had sitting or got for particular project!

I also started Something Red from Knit n Tonic's website. I call it Something Off-White. I have more done since this picture was taken:

And I have also started an EZ Tomten Jacket! I am doing it in Pound of Love:

Not much to look at, but I am plugging away at it....it takes 40 rows of garter (which is fast enough) on size 7 needles and that is what takes so long!

Busting, busting, busting....

More stash used....

More stash...gone!

Okay...here is the Angelwings Ripple Sweater all finished. I did buy some deeper pink grosgraine ribbon for the neck edge and it's all tried on and fits! Yay!

I used some hot pink Bernat Chunkee to make the square bunny rabbit:

I'm working that stash down!!!!

First pic is of stash baby stuff to give to my kid's Peditrician for her new patients:

And this is stash, too. A ripple sweater I just purchased on lulu.com for my niece, Kayla:

another couple of rows and I'll be doing the armholes and finishing the body!

More stash busting!

Made these over the weekend:

Ahhhh.....the feeling of busting one more skein almost to oblivion to make room for various new ones in many wonderful colors! :)

From UFO to New FO

I finished what was originally my second knitting project. Got it stitched up, felted, grommeted...only to discover the handle was to big for the grommets. I put a smaller cord in the handle and it's all good now. The bag turned out smaller than I expected, especially since I use a front-loading washer. I ran it through twice, I think, because the seams weren't felting up nicely. Now it's fixed, even though it's the size of a large purse rather than a real tote bag. It's good for small projects or belly dancing stuff.

New Stash Reducer..

The crochet Tesellating fish blanket pattern! Okay....knitting them was...well...boring and awful and time consuming. However, crocheting? I whipped this one up in about 10 minutes! And with all the one skeins of Simply Soft in my bins? Yeeeeesssssss...stash busting will commence!

And that's if I can pull myself away from my other projects to do it, ha, ha, ha...

Here is my first official crocheted fish in pink Simply Soft from stash! Remote is to show actual size of these monstah fish!!!!

In other stash busting news...I made these for God's Tiny Angels to donate:

Adding to the stash (Bad!)

I went shopping the other day because I *needed* to. I picked up two hanks of Berocco Ultra Alpaca in peat to make a balaclava for my hubby. I'm using this helmetliner pattern. I've made a couple of these for the troops and they are a quick and easy knit, and they fit well to boot.

I also got one skein of Brown Sheep worsted in sandy heather, to got with the bronze and black for a vest sweater in the same issue of Vogue Knitting that has the marshmallow sweater pattern in it. Just one example of needing to increase the stash in order to decrease the stash.

Two stash scarves...

The first one is odds and ends, crocheted and self-fringing (even though I added fringe as well...I like fringe...). The bad thing about this is that I will probably end up needing the grey to finish the felted tote bag, since the handle isn't small enough. Can't have too much grey yarn, right? Anyway, I love this scarf...it goes with everything. I used up all of the grey Galway, all of the turkish olive Brown Sheep Bulky, the last little bit of the Baby Alpaca Grande, and a little bit of some other stuff which still has scraps in the bin.














I also made a ferret scarf for the little guy, and used up a bit of the Brown Sheep Worsted in red, rust, and prairie fire. It is darn cute, if I say so myself, and the little guy loves it.

Used more Stash!

I bought a pattern, the capelet shrug from Diane Langon http://www.dianelangan.com/crochetpatterns/largeviews/zigcape.html

And used some stash for my mom's capelet, Homespun Gothic. I also made one for myself in Homespun Baroque. I love how they came out and fit!!!!

Here is me in mine:

I also used some baby yarn in my stash for GTA donation - crocheted shirt and hat:

Two WIP - Done!

Yay! And I started another project - the Lionbrand Curtain Call Shrug last night!

Here is my wrap sweater....sorry, the details on the whole thing are not clear...I'm wearing it, but it's dark. Chopped head = hair not done and no makeup...sorry! :) It is a bad picture...but for posterity....it's done! lol

And the Cameron Scarf for Karen is finished, too!

Suz's FO: Orca tail scarf

Done! Love it! I have just enough leftover Silk Garden to make a fish for the phantom blanket.

Tami's New WIP

I frogged the pink angel hair Dew Drop scarf. The pattern is beautiful. The yarn is beautiful. The both together? Not so beautiful. Yarn wasn't showing off the pattern to it's best advantage at all. So, I am using this pattern: http://http://www.smallknits.com/angus%20angular%20scarf.htm and the picture is how it looks so far. Pattern and yarn are better matched, now.

I also sewed in the first sleeve on the wrap sweater I am working on from a knitting magazine pattern. I cast on for the second sleeve and am almost 1/2 done with that one. (sorry, the lighting isn't conducive to the pic you see below)
And then the third thing I started this weekend is this scarf for my sister, Karen: http://http://www.wolfandturtle.net/Yarnpath/index.php/Yarnpath/the_cameron_scarf/

I'm keeping myself very busy, lol.....

A couple UFOs

I know this could be a lot worse, but these few things have been hanging over me for too long. This is the first thing I ever knitted, and I frogged it this afternoon. I never got around to lining it, and never missed it...so off it goes. That Kathmandu tweed can now become some other lovely object.















Next, there is the second thing I knitted: a striped, felted bag. Except that it's still in pieces and not felted. The sad thing is that I actually want to use it.














This is a smaller Aran bag, which needs a lining and to be sewn together. This is the third bag from that particular book that is unfinished...see a theme?














I also have one lonely Fetching, who is useless without it's mate. How 1950s of me. I messed up the picot bind off, so I need to redo that too.

All of these things could be done in a weekend...but do you think I will?

WIPs from Suz...orca tail scarf, a lion and fish

The other night, I started the Noro orca tail scarf from Oceanwind Knits, with the two balls of Silk Garden from the stash.





























I'm also working up a Lionel for Cleo. I know she doesn't look too much like a lion. My little boy doesn't care, though! I started her when shaping seemed way too complicated, so her son will have to look the same way. I'm using the Any Yarn Teddy pattern. No progress pic, because it's just a square of tan yarn. I'm hoping I have enough yarn...or I will have to buy more and I'll be obligated to make more lions.














And finally, the fish blanket. I'm not sure whether this is a UFO or WIP at this point, but it haunts me. After I finish a couple other things, this will have to be my full-time project. The camera dulled the colors a bit...the fish are dark purple, red and of course, yellow.

My Dew Drop Scarf in the works

I am using this pattern: http://http://members.shaw.ca/misschief/Dewdrop%20Scarf.pdf

With the pink JoAnn Sensations Angel Hair yarn. I think to make it long enough, I will be using both skeins, so that will be two stash busters!

Very easy pattern to work with and it knits fast. I am using size 8 needles, I didn't want it to be really wide. As it is, it measures about 7" across, so anything wider and I probably would not like to wear it.

My stast list...

Okay...working with basket #1. I even pulled out one of the skeins last night and am starting a scarf for me!





Caron- one pounders

black, 3/4 of a skein left
brown, 1/2 skein left
pink, less than 1/2 skein left



JoAnn Sensations:




Angel Hair

2 pink one of which I am using above

1 purple

1 light green

all are 100 grams/120 yards



Confetti - 450 grams /99 yards for 7:45 AM)



Red Heart

Soft yarn in grass green - 140 grams/256 yards



pastel fruits soft baby - 3.5 skeins @ 6 oz each

Bernat - Chunkee

Pastel multi colored - 1 skein

WIP: Seed Stitch Jacket

I had five hanks of cream Burly Spun which I bought for what I thought was going to be my first sweater (the Lion Fisherman shrug). I went to a lot of trouble to find the right yarn for that sweater, and out of it all I will end up with a very fuzzy poncho (that rose poncho in Yukon) and now a bulky cardigan hoodie. That first pattern was a bad choice...even with more experience, I don't think the end result will be worth the trouble even though I like the way it looked.

This is a pic from the magazine, Vogue Knitting Winter 2004/2005















I have the body and half of one sleeve done. I'll probably need to block it into shape before I sew it together since I still suck at seaming.















Here's the Manos scarf that I made for myself, using the Yarn Harlot One Row pattern. I love this thing, and I am so glad I didn't return the yarn. The one end looks a lot lighter in the pic, but in real life you can't tell when I am wearing it. If I did it again, I would alternate rows from the different hanks to blend it together. It doesn't bother me enough to do it over, though.

Suz's yarn...what the heck am I going to do with it all?

I'm not even sure I counted it all! I know there is some lurking in weird places around the house, and I'm not even sure where else to look. It could be worse, right? No pics tonight -- the camera battery is shot. When it's charged, I'll get some pics of the UFOs and my first and biggest (volume-wise) stashbuster WIP.

Bernat Boa 1 ball, Phoenix

Berocco Zen
1 ball, Skakti mix
1 ball, Hako mix

Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece
3.75 oz Robin Egg Blue
2.5 oz Cherry Moon

Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Worsted
1 skein, Crème
1 skein, Onyx
3 skeins, Sable
1 skein, burgundy something or other
3 skeins, Tiger Lily
1 skein + .25 oz Red Hot Passion
2.5 + 1.25 oz Prairie Fire
2.25 oz, Rust

Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky 1 oz, Turkish Olive

Caron Simply Soft
2 3 oz skeins, Off White
1 3 oz skein, Country Blue
1 3 oz skein, Grey Heather
5 3 oz skeins, Autumn Red
3 3 oz skeins, Seasons Balsam
1 6 oz skein, Black
3 6 oz skeins, Soft Blue
1 6 oz skein, White
1.25 oz Purple

Cascade Rainbow
9 balls, blue/brown
2 balls, burgundy/grey

Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool
1 hank, Claret
1 hank, Moss

Inca Organic Cotton 1 hank, Ecru

Ironstone Harmony 1.25 oz, Blue

Jaeger Matchmaker Merino 4-Ply
2 balls, Sahara
2 balls, Rust

Joann Sensations Bellezza Collection Tesoro 2 balls, Pink

Joann Sensations Sophisticates Collection Marvel 1 hank, Cinnamon

Lang Jawoll Superwash 1 ball, burgundy/purple ragg

Lion Boucle 1.5 oz, Hard Candy

Lion Cashmere Blend 2 balls, Light Blue

Lion Cotton 10.5 + 3.5 oz, Ecru

Lion Fun Fur
2 balls Soft Pink
1.5 oz Copper
1.25 oz Bright Yellow
1.25 oz Red
1.25 oz Royal Blue
1.25 oz Lime
.75 Purple

Lion Homespun 2 skeins, Gothic

Lion Landscapes 2 balls, Country Sunset

Lion Trellis 1 ball, Champagne

Lion Wool
2 skeins + 2.5 oz Ebony
1 oz Winter White

Lion Wool-Ease 1 skein, Purple

Lion Wool-Ease Thick & Quick .75 oz, Wheat

Manos del Uruguay 2 oz, Woodland

Noro Silk Garden 2 balls, color #213

Plymouth Baby Alpaca Grande
2 skeins + .25 oz , color #679 (green/teal)
1 skein, color #402 (grey heather)

Plymouth Baby Alpaca Brush Solid 38 g, Wine

Plymouth Baby Alpaca DK .75 oz, Wine

Plymouth Dreambaby DK
1.75 oz White
1 oz Black

Plymouth Encore Chunky 1 oz, Red

Plymouth Encore Mega 9 balls, Sage

Plymouth Encore Worsted
1 skein, Colorspun Purple Multi
1.25 oz Cranberry Heather

Plymouth Galway Highland Worsted
2.5 oz Dark Grey Heather
3 oz Green Heather

Plymouth Yukon
2 balls, color #33 Sage
.5 oz Wine

Queensland Collection Bengali 3 balls, color 07

Queensland Kathmandu Aran 1 oz, brown tweed

Red Heart 4.5 oz, multi sport weight

Rowan Cashsoft DK 4 balls, Poppy

Sugar ‘n Cream
1 4 oz ball Yellow
1 4 oz ball Hot Blue
1 4 oz ball Hot Pink
1 2 oz ball Summer Splash

Mystery yarn from Grandma
1.5 oz Cream
.25 oz Denim Blue

Tami's Stash Rules

I think I'll try to abide by Suz's rules, too. Makes perfect sense. I also need to vow not to buy any more baby yarns (for God's Tiny Angels) until I am waaaaay down on that supply. But unless I need new yarn for a certain project and I don't have anything comparable....I will not buy anymore until I am way low on existing stash! I'll try to take some pictures and log what I have in my first stash bin, tonight and do that tomorrow. For today, though, I have a picture of my first stash-busting washcloth. Done in Sugar 'n Cream yarn in a fern pattern I found on the intranet, here is the almost finished washcloth. I will replace w/ the finished picture tomorrow, because it is done, already, but I didn't take a pic of it. I have started a yellow Sugar 'n Cream washcloth, too, in a butterfly wings pattern that I will show w/ the first one. Used w/ stash!!!!

Suz's stash rules, just for Suz's stash

Ok, here we go. This is the first step in the inventory...the inventory of goals, projects in various stages, and of course, the yarn.

My stash isn't out of control, but I swore to myself that I wouldn't have more than one large container of yarn at a time. Even stretching it by distributing it to various project bags, it's overflowing it's designated space.

So here are my rules which I am trying to live by, until I see something I simply can't live without.

I need to use up only what I have, with the following exceptions:

1. Gifts for people. People who aren't me.
2. Socks. I am learning to knit socks this year, and I'm sure I'll need yarn to do that.
3. Works already in progress. Specifically, the fish blanket for the little guy. I need 180 fish. I have 20. I will need more yarn.

Next, the yarn inventory.