Raiding My Stash

Along with vowing to knit up abandoned projects (three so far, and we're still in January!), I am also vowed to start knitting my stash. I keep thinking about taking yarn out of the bins, and assigning a project to it, knitting it up, and. . . giving it away. I keep almost none of the things I knit. Because, really, what am I going to do with a lace shawl or cowl? And seriously, how many hats and scarves do I need? (I am mindful of a line from Absolutely Fabulous, "You can never have too many hats, gloves, and shoes.")

I am actually quite surprised at how reluctant I am to raid my stash. I think of the beautiful yarns I have lying in all those bins, and think that once it's knit up, it's gone. It's no longer a part of my stash. And it is likely that I'll never have that recipe agaiiiiin! yarn ever again. I feel like I'm giving away a part of myself. I am my stash, and my stash is me.

I have promised a friend that I would make her a scarf, and I have the perfect yarn for this particular project. It's a hand dyed set of skeins from Barbara Parry at Foxfire Fiber and Designs. It's been in my stash since I bought it at the Webs Tent Sale from Barbara's tent, on my birthday in 2012, and I've thought about knitting it, but never had a project that quite suited it. Now that I know how to make a Noro Striped Scarf (thank you, Brooklyn Tweed), I reckon I can do the same with this, without changing skeins every other row. Knit it up in a 1x1 rib, so that it looks like stockinette, but doesn't curl, and displays the absolutely gorgeous colours of this yarn.

The colour is Nightshade, and I am going to ball it and start knitting it today. I can't wait!