Sweater Sampler

I’m going through my hibernation basket (where knitting WIPs go to sleep for a very, very long time) and logging them in Ravelry. It’s pretty fun, in a scary sort of way. I have way too many things on needles or being held on scrap yarn. I need to finish them, for my own sanity, as well as to free up needles and storage space.

The project shown here is the Sweater Sampler from Jacqueline Fee’s The Sweater Workshop. Great book. I’ve just taken forever to make this damn sampler. Click through for a better description of the project.

I plan on using Ravelry to document my “stash” as well. I use the little quotey things because it’s not a stash in the more commonly accepted use. My stash does not contain much yarn that I picked out myself and then stashed away for later use. Rather, it is comprised of many, many, little balls of miscellaneous yarn that no one else knew what to do with. It was given to me by various acquaintances (and some family) because I am a knitter and general crafter, so of course I’d know exactly what to do with it.

Hence all of the miscellaneous stripey hats that have developed. And gnomes. All of that stuff has been made with these remnants, which is cool, but doesn’t make for a very nice stash. I dream of a stash full of luxurious things, or at least recognizably useful things. I’ll settle for my hodge-podge, though. It does look kind of fun: I have the yarn divided into plastic baggies according to general color, and the bags are arranged in a rainbow like way. It’s a nice effect, really.

The good quality stuff (or at least better quality) is in baggies, which are kept in a hat box. That’s where all the natural fiber stuff is, and even a couple of hand spun items. So, ok, I do have some nice stuff. Just not a whole lot. Perhaps you could say I have an unostentatious stash? Yes, let’s say that.

I think I’ll record my rainbow scrap stash as well as the other stuff, because it will be fun anyway. (Visit me at Ravelry!)