The oldest yarn in my stash is 10 skeins of Aurora 8 in Pink Heather (#732)- at least I think it is ten, might only be nine... I'm too lazy to walk up two fights of stairs right now to check for sure.
Lovely yarn really. I made a hat for my daughter out of Aurora 8 and I liked working with it, not as soft as RYC Cashsoft or Debbie Bliss Cashmerino which I prefer to use but quite nice for a 100% merino wool (at least to someone like me with, shall we say, wool sensitivities).
I bought this yarn while I was taking my second set of knitting classes (Advanced Beginner) back in October of 2005 and it was intended to be a neat little ribbed poncho pattern put out by my lys. As you can see that never happened. I was distracted by baby knits (none for my daughter mind you, gifts for other folks... well, excepting the Albatross but you know that story already). Now ponchos are passe and I have no idea what to do with the yarn (though I still like the idea of a poncho {I hate jackets/coats} and am just a little tempted to just go for it- hell, I'm a mom now so I feel like my fashion card has been revoked by default anyway *sigh* so sad, but I just can't be bothered, although it does bug me that Pooh Bear is usually more stylishly attired than I am).
A few weeks ago I swatched for this cardigan:
from Rowan Classic Mothers & Babies but I couldn't get gauge without needing more yarn and there was no hope of my finding more in the same dye lot so I gave up and ordered the called for yarn instead. Since I needed several more skeins of the Aurora 8 I told myself the cost to get the "correct" yarn wasn't that much more *cough*. (And I bet you thought that swatch was actually for the originally intended project, silly, silly.)
I want to do something with this yarn. I like the color (I've rarely met a pink I didn't like). I feel badly that it is just hanging out in a drawer... Any ideas?
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10 balls hey. Tricky amount. Ideas - mmmmmmmm - a wrap (maybe like something in Scarf Style or some of the free patterns on the Classic Elite Yarns site), jumper for your daughter, [and if it felts] maybe a bag.... ??? Nice pink. Good luck finding something.
Perhaps it's not through aging yet.
I have some yarn in MY stash that is going on eleven years old.
I bought it at my first ever Knitting Convention Event (TKGA REgional, in 1998). It's awesome gorgeous silk, and equally awesome gorgeous alpaca, hand dyed by Tess' Designer Yarns.
I still love it.
It still hasn't told me what it wants to be.
I will not part with it... nor will I knit it from guilt. I have faith that it's true purpose will be revealed.
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