pictures posted so I can slurp them to ravelry

pictures posted so I can slurp them to ravelry

so I really fell off the yarn diet wagon. I ordered a ton of books from knitpicks sale:
Knit So Fine
The Best Of Interweave Knits
Sensational Knitted Socks
Vintage Knits
Romantic Hand Knits
Runway Knits
Knitting Lingerie Style

I also ordered 7 skeins of berocco love it from webs (I'm going to make a skirt out of romantic handknits with it) as well as two skeins of comfort sock.

I then ordered 14 skeins of louisa harding fauve so I can make a sweater from modern classics.

Yep. Definitely off the wagon... I've got a lot of knitting to do.

rewarding myself

So I have set a goal for myself. I am going on a yarn diet until the end of the year- I will allow myself a few free days after I finish a few projects. I am going to complete seven sweaters by the end of the year, as well as my ufos-shetland shawl, victorian lace today shawl, and palindrome scarf. If I can complete this goal I will buy myself the knitpicks harmony needles set.

So I went on a yarn diet for about 7 months, and then back to buying yarn. I am now officially on a yarn diet, from now until the end of summer break. I may allow myself a few free days, depending on how much knitting I am about to get done. However, my stash has reached a proportion I am not comfortable with-it no longer fits into it's 2 designated plastic bins, and basket.
here is what I have-
6 Skeins of comfort in purple-(wicked)
6 skeins of comfort in green-(tree jacket)
6 skeins of comfort in red-(bella paquita)
6 skeins of comfort in black-(something red sweater)
8 skeins of esprit- 2 in red, 2 in burgundy, 2 in sea green, and 2 in blue (socks)
2 skeins cotton sock (socks)
9 skeins cotton ease in berry-(designated for a licorice whip sweater and a the boatneck bluebell from fitted knits)
2 skeins simply soft-one in burgundy, one in black (probably scarves)
4 skeins microspun-(for a blouson from knit.1)
2 big skeins sea silk in blackberry
2 big skeins sea silk in indian summer
3 regular skeins sea silk in midnight
1 cone burgundy lace weight tencel from valley yarns
1 cone silk city bounce in poinsetta
1 cone silk city bounce in ebony
4 balls ggh safari in black
14 skeins shine worsted in ebony

Clearly, I have a healthy stash. I have already planned 7 specific sweaters from all this yarn. SEVEN. That should be enough to keep me busy for awhile, and if I get bored, i have yarn for socks, shawls, and scarves. It seems that all the categories of knitted garment are well represented in my stash. So no more yarn for awhile!
I have a retro redux shrug in progress right now from stash yarn (lion brand jiffy-just awful) that I intend to finish by the end of the week. I also have a scarf in progress with simply soft that I want to finish soon too. After that-on to the cotton ease sweaters. Now, to figure out what to do with the rest.....

So I have officially gone two months without buying yarn. The yarn diet has definitely inspired me to think up uses for the yarn I have in my stash. i finally got my ravelry invite, so I'm going to use it as inspiration to find a use for some of the yarns I'm not sure about. Right now I'm working on the luxe neckwarmer from knit 2 together and some dish cloths. I think I may join the stashalong again after october, but I may use a free day during october or november for christmas.

I seem to be having a bit of a lull in my knitting but the good news is I haven't bought ANY yarn (I haven't even used a free day) Since I started the stashalong july 17th. It's been almost 2 months. I'm working on some dishtowels right now, and I want to wash my knitpicks shine and use it to make the hour glass sweater out of last minute knitted gifts pretty soon. Oh yeah and I want to finish my shetland triangle. I also need to find my copy of scarf style, I have some microspun I'd like to make a scarf out of. We'll see if I can find it though, I just moved and I'm afraid I may have lost a few things in the move.