I can tell you about my stash... A picture may be worth a thousand words but words, well, they are worth 1/1000 of a picture.
Seriously, my stash is not all that exciting even if it has enjoyed exponential growth since the beginning of the year. Kind of like my belly.... hmmm. Stash enhancement justification! Katie's First Law of Pregnant Yarn Acquisition: One's stash must grow in proportion to one's pregnant belly. Kind of like men gaining sympathetic pregnancy weight. Pregnant knitters of the world rejoice and unite! You really need that yarn. (I am nothing if not an enabler- don't say I never did anything for you) For those of you who aren't pregnant- sorry. But give me time, I'll be un-pregnant here shortly (please lord, let it be really shortly) and I'll have to come up with the Corollary for Non-Pregnant Stash Acquisition.
Actually, my stash is very easy to visualize: just imagine the Debbie Bliss Cashmerino, Baby Cashmerino, and Cashmerino Aran displays at your lys. Yes, the whole thing. Good. Now to that add the RYC Cashsoft display. Toss in a few skeins of Blue Sky Alpacas Hand Dyed Cotton and a few of their organic cotton skeins. Got it? Next add around 20 skeins of Rowan Handknit Cotton and 10-15 balls of various "kitchen" cottons. That's about it. Oh, well, you can toss in a dozen skeins of sock yarn: 3 STR, 1 Yarn Pirate, 1 Sea Wool, 5 Shibui, 2 Lorna's laces, 2 Claudia's Handpainted- ok, so that is more than a dozen, technically 14. That's really about it. I mean, I have other random stuff but really- lots and lots of Cashmerino and Cashsoft- I love the stuff.
OK, I need to dash, I have knitting to so and my post from earlier today did nothing to restore my mojo (I had kind of hoped whining would magically make knitting happen) so I need to get my fingers on the needles or the three pairs of booties I am imagining will remain a picture in Last Minute Knitted gifts and three skeins of baby cashmerino in my stash (off white, light blue and apple green in case you were wondering).
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hmmmm. . . I love your pregnancy stash enhancement philosophy. I think I will adopt it. Here's hoping that your #2 comes when you want (I've heard new born babies are very accomidating that way *she says in her delusional state*)
Sounds like you have the perfect stash for knitting 100s of Petals baby hats. ;) I wanted to clarify that Hilltop doesn't carry the Cotolino I used recently; but baby cashmerino, nashua June, Tahki Cotton Classic, Handknit DK, cashsoft DK would all work great. Angie knitted a bunch in worsted weight (for stiffer hats) that were all very cute on her daughter.
Speaking of worsted weight, I stumbled across a worsted weight bootie pattern! stay tuned. :)
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Good luck!
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