Sheep On My Stuff

As I mentioned last time, I have finalized totals on the stash now! \o/

I'll continue keeping tabs on it as I go. I have one week before my 30th birthday, and on September 26, whatever totals I've got, I'm going to try to be down to half that number by my 31st birthday. As of September 26, 2008, all previous goals are declared null and void -- it's all about destashing, baby!

Destashing 12,663 grams of yarn is gonna be tricky. No argument there. The key may end up being making sheep. A lot of sheep. Or hats. I'm only sorry more of my stash doesn't lend itself to sweaters, but it does seem to be mostly two or three balls of any given yarn. Still, I'm not going to let myself get discouraged! I think it can be done. In the first eight months of 2008 alone, I made 39 projects entirely out of stash yarn, including three shawls and a sweater. I can do this!

In the meantime, how about some more stash photos? We have 70 to go, and I'm not going to do them all in one block shot -- we've got one more stash post to go (so I'll be finishing right around my birthday, excellent timing). Let's start with sock yarn.

	This might end up being a turtle eventually. It's very turtle-like and pretty!
	...I might have bought this for being a turtle someday? I'm not honestly sure. This may end up getting put in the "trade/sell" category.
	Another option for turtles.
	Cascade Fixation, a wool-free sock yarn -- I made socks for someone allergic to wool out of these, and this is what's left over.
	More heresy: I am not fond of Koigu KPPPM. Leftovers from a pair of socks.
	This made some neat socks. I knitted them in Leeds, England, while there for a Highlander convention. :)
	Oh, Regia Mouline, the only kind of Regia I'll buy these days (apart from Regia Silk), because my husband likes it. It's got such great memory, I can see why he's fond of it.
	Leftover Regia Crazy Colors. This has actually been destashed, but I'm leaving it in because I have a story to tell about it! I made socks for my mommy out of this, even though, let's face it, Mom wears flip-flops in the house and not woolly socks, and has done so for the last 25 years. But I was new to the world of knitted objects and had not yet figured out that Mom Likes Hats! (Mom lives in Indiana where it gets cold and snowy in winter. Apparently, one of her hats was actually stolen at one point because someone liked it so much. Now I make her hats every year. :) )
	Austermann Step, with jojoba and aloe! No, really. I'm not sure how that works out, as I have not yet knit with this. I got this yarn in Vancouver, B.C., on a trip where the real find was a ton of Cadbury. I also bought a bag of Smarties, and truthfully, I do still like M&Ms better. But the people in Canada, not being barbarians, appreciate Cadbury. That alone would be worth emigration.
	Fortissima Socka, in a grey that looks a lot like that Regia Mouline. I plan to make socks for Grant out of this, in hopes that he'll like them as much as the Regia ones (this yarn is easier to get; I can get it at the yarn shop that's within walking distance to my house).
	Another yarn I bought with the thought of making turtles.
	Fancy yarns don't usually seduce me, but black/grey ragg (or white/grey, or white/black) is one of my weaknesses.
	Who else got some Essential while it was still kinda scratchy? I did. This is what I call "Essential v1"; it's nowhere near as good and soft as v2.
	More Essential v1.
	Essential v2 in Cocoa. Man, this is nice stuff.
	Essential v2 in Burgundy. Someday I'll make cabled socks out of this and wear them around Christmastime.
	My favorite sock yarn, bar none. It's Essential v2 and it's grey. I don't need anything else.
	Essential v2 in Navy. Grant has been known to accidentally run off with one navy sock and one black sock. Clearly we need more light in our bedroom in winter mornings.
	Essential Meadow Multi. Not sure what I'll do with this, but I will probably make it into socks despite being kind of tired of self-striping sock yarn.
	Felici Pebble. Okay, I may be tired of self-striping sock yarn, but this stuff is gorgeous.
	Essential Dune Twist. Mmmmmm, ragg yarn! R! I say R-A! R-A-G! R-A-G-G! SOCK! R-A-G-G-S-O-C-K RAGG SOCK! Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo! RAGG SOCK! ...okay, if you remember that, you win at life. :)
	Black and grey ragg yarn. In Essential. Be still, my beating whatever. ^_^

Okay, there's one more stash post coming, and then I'm FINISHED. See you next week; I'll be turning out the rest of my sock yarn and my laceweight!