I’ve been trying to get the stash closet organized. My ultimate goal is to inventory everything on ravelry, but I don’t know if I’ll manage that. Turns out, there’s a lot more yarn in that closet than I remember. A lot more WIP’s too. I’ll have to deal with them at a later date, the yarn is making me hyperventilate as it is. So far my favorite discovery (re-discovery, I suppose, since I’m pretty sure I was conscious when I put the stuff in the closet in the first place) is this:
These are cones of a dk weight cotton chenille (well, the green one in front isn’t. It’s wool from here.) that I bought off of Ebay. I have no idea what I thought I would do with this much chenille, but it must have seemed like a good idea at some point. Probably in the middle of the night. I’m pretty sure this is an “insomnia-plus-Ebay” purchase. This whole project is taking longer than I thought it would, but I think I’m almost finished. My hope is that I can get it all sorted and organized in such a way that makes it easier to find what I’m looking for when I want it instead of just going out to buy more yarn because it’s easier than rummaging through the mess. I also hope that by listing everything on ravelry I’ll be able to remember what I already have. We’ll see how that goes.
I do have some knitting to talk about. I finished “Foliage“, which I had started for the Earth segment of Project Spectrum.
It was a fairly quick and easy knit, but It turned out a little too small. I’m not sure if I’ll try to re-knit it or just give it to someone with a smaller head. I think if I just undid the last lace repeat and switched to bigger needles, plus added an extra repeat, that would fix it. But it’s getting too warm to think about fiddling with a wool hat, so I’ll probably just let it sit as is until the Fall. I’ll know by then if I want to mess with it, or just knit another one. I’ve decided that hats will be my thing for Project Spectrum; one for each grouping. I did a red one for the Fire segment and now this one for Earth. I have a cute beaded hat pattern lined up for Air. This is the yarn I picked out for that:
It’s a very pretty shimmery silver color, and beads are always fun. I’m not sure when I’ll get a chance to start it, maybe next week. As always, there are a couple things I’d like to finish up first.
Tags: organization, stash
