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| The Yarn Stash |
Some time ago, I showed everyone my fabric stash. Today, I am showing my yarn stash!
It's stored in a 60 Quart/56.7 Liter container and fills about half of it. I used to buy yarn whenever it went on sale, to take advantage of the sale, without having a particular project in mind, and my storage container used to be full! But then, I put myself on a yarn diet - no more buying new yarn until I used up my stash, unless I needed a particular type or color for a specific project.
I keep most of the yarn contained in plastic bags, so it's easy to pull out a bag and have all the same color or type of yarn together, but I took most of them out of the bags for the photograph.
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| Yarn Stash Spread Out |
Spread out on the sofa, one can see that it is mostly leftovers from various projects. The only yarn I've a quantity of are the pale yellow yarn (kept on hand to make baby blankets any time I hear a friend or colleague is having a baby) and the 8 balls of the dark green cotton yarn (bought on sale for $.50 each, to take advantage of the sale, before I put myself on the yarn diet). Some, like the cone of fuzzy yarn, were given to me.
So what does one do with small quantities of leftover yarn? Why, one makes smaller items like hats and socks or...granny squares! If you look closely at the stash above, you can see a granny square in progress:
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| Yarn Stash and Granny Square in Progress |
I have a pile of granny squares already made:
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| Granny Squares |
Someday, they will be sewn or crocheted together to make a blanket. In fact, this might be a good project to take with me to work on during chemo sessions. Never mind that I already have two other blankets made with leftover yarn! :D
But the next project I have in mind is to knit myself a hat or two. I'm off to choose my yarn - I am thinking the half skein of black yarn, mixed with the half skein of grey might make a good combination.
Do you have a yarn stash? What do you do with your yarn leftovers?
I don't have a yarn stash..never learned how to crochet ..
ReplyDeleteBut, I do have an overflowing fabric/pattern stash.. I too, am on a fabric buying diet.ha
Judy, yes, I'm on a fabric buying diet, too! But I've been knitting since I was 9 years old, and picked up crochet a few years after that, so, I have a yarn stash, as well!
DeleteI have a yarn stash - but I am working to use it up and not buy any more. I try and knit things for charity. This is a good site for ideas http://www.ukhandknitting.com/ . I like small projects that I can carry in my bag and knit or crochet at odd moments [like granny squares and baby bootees]
ReplyDeleteThank you for the link, Angela. I haven't done a lot of charity projects. I knitted hats for the neonatal unit in a hospital, one year, to help out a friend's daughter who was working on a Girl Scouts project. Perhaps I can knit a few more hats to leave at the chemo center for anyone who might like one.
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