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Sweet Slouchy Hat

I’ve had the Star Crossed Slouchy Hat in my Ravelry queue for awhile but I didn’t have any particularl plans to make it.  Then 2 things happened – the weather turned fall-like and it started popping up in everyone’s Ravelry activity stream. So I frogged my Shifting Sands scarf, which I had set aside after [...]

How do sort your stash?

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have a lot of yarn.  I’m almost done cataloging it but I’m left with the question – how do I organize it? Should I group it by weight? Color? Quantity?
Right now everything is totally disorganized and I have to rifle through every bin to find something. Got [...]

Inventorying the Stash

I’ve been putting it off for awhile, but I finally had to buckle down and do an inventory of my yarn stash. I have at least 3 66qt bins full of yarn, and lots of Christmas presents to start. I have vowed to not buy any new yarn unless I really, really (really!) need it. [...]

New Arrivals to the Stash

In the past week I’ve picked up some new yarn from Angelfire Studios and Quarter Stitch. I finally had time to enter them into my Ravelry Stash and take photos!
I plan to use the skein of Colinette Jitterbug to make myself some thin wristwarmers for work. My office can be freezing.
Both skeins of Outer are [...]

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