Archive for 23rd September 2008

Stash post (7/7)

I would feel bad about how many stash posts it's taking to catalogue my whole collection, but. 26,441g. Really. It deserves seven posts.

Yarn weight Grams
Bulky 3610
Worsted 6976
Wool-Ease 2290
DK weight 1815
Sportweight 2540
Sock weight 5015
Fingering weight 860
Laceweight 3335
Total 26,441

I am so excited to have this count completed I can't even tell you. The total has changed since last time -- I completed a sweater (ZOMG!) taking my DK weight total down from 900g to 260g (and that 260g is going to go into a felted bag, I think), but I also ordered yarn for a sweater for Grant, and some Shine DK that I've sort of windfallen into and which is now MINE WOOHOO and enough for a sweater for me. (I don't know why I'm suddenly interested in sweaters, but I sure seem to be.) I picked up an extra skein of Cascade 220 so I can do armwarmers for a friend, also. But on balance, I've gone down since the last weigh-in, not up. I'll do one more on my birthday itself (even though that's a Friday and not a traditional blogging day), and that'll be my stash total, defining my goal for the next year. I CAN DO THIS.

When last seen, I was going through my sock yarn. We'll pick up there:

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