Thursday, April 3, 2008

Burning the stash in 2008



I found this on the burning up the stash 2008 group on Ravelry, It's the March contest:


Do you like to knit purses? Go through your stash, full skeins and partial, and pick out several skeins (they can be the same yarn, or different - we’re hoping, different), that would give those of us looking at your picture a sense of what your overall stash looks like. If you generally knit with only wool…well then, that’s what your project would be made of. DO you like to add in a little novelty yarn every now and again? Maybe you could embellish your “purse” with said novelty yarn. How about socks? Are you all about the socks and the fun colorways out there? Then knit a pair of socks, combining some of the different yarns/colorways you like to you. Are you a shawl knitter, consider the scrap yarn shawl (Ravelry pattern), and knit a shawl, combining yarns used from your stash. Pick a project, and yarns, that have “YOU” written all over them. Here’s hoping this will help you, not only burn up some stash, but get outside the box, and combine yarns that you wouldn’t ordinarily do. When knitting items like a shawl, remember you can double strand, if you need to, to get the same gauge you might get with a bulky yarn used in the same project.

Knit or crochet your project, and then display them proudly here. Do forget to tell us what yarns and approximately what yardage you used. (Number of skeins or partial skeins would do)

http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/burnin-up-the-stash-2008/150322/1-25#5

I looked though my bags last night, and decided that most of what I have is guy colors, because I live with 7 people of the male persuasion. BORING. I need to get at the Fair Isle hats and gloves I intended it all for. As I cannot decide on a project right now (I've gone off Wisp also) maybe stashbusting will be my goal

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