So you can check them out in the sidebar. There is one thing there for me - I've pledged to go Sober for October (or Octsober!). I'm not entirely sure it's a good idea to be honest, but a work colleague is doing it and I thought I'd help her out - it's always a lot easier to do these things when you have some moral support! And it's a nice little break before the Christmas silly season starts.
As for the stash - well, September was a pretty good month. I still ended up ahead, but only by 3 x 50g balls of yarn. And if I didn't win the Wollmeise sockclub lottery, I would have knitted more yarn than I stashed! Not that I'm complaining, mind. How could I, with this goodness:
(and no, I still haven't taken them out of their lovely packaging - so you'll have to trust me when I say the colours of these skeins are simply amazing - breathtaking even!)And thanks to SweetP, when I saw this yarn in Spotlight I had to nab some - I love the colour and it is so soft - a wool/bamboo blend - mmm, delicious.
While I was there, I saw these as well, and in trying to be a good patriotic Australian yarn buyer, I felt obliged to purchase some - and I've even knitted some of it already! (yarn review will come in another post this month).
So:
In: 16 x 50g balls
Out: 13 x 50g balls
YTD: +106.5 x 50g balls. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to have any months this year when I send out more than I take in. Oh well ... can't complain about having a stash that's got Wollmeise in it!
9 comments:
oh i like the natural cotton! I want!!! Cos I need more of that.
One month, I think you should set a challenge to actually have more go out than comes in. Maybe not for the remainder of this year, but early next year, you should give it a go.
Yummy Wollmeise.
It's probably a good thing for my wallet that the lys near me isn't really "near" me. Buying yarn online is ok but not as nice as being able to fondle it. If I got to touch it, it would be so much harder to not buy it. We're heading for a breeder's show and sale this weekend so I hope I can have the same restraint as you showed. Remarkable.
Now I am just not going near this Wollmeise stuff, the sock stash is just too big as it is! Good luck with the soberness :o)
I can't wait to see the opened sock yarn - it looks pretty even in the package! I'm knitting a scarf (that lacy one on last season's Knitty, I can't think of the name!) in a wool bamboo blend, and am loving it - I think it will drape perfectly!
i am too busy feeling sorry for myself because i have no wollmeise, to notice anything else you have going on....
I've seen that Wollmeise, and it's incredible. Your summer socks knitting should be spectacular!
LoL! I hope you like the bamboo. Its very soft and buttery (but towards the end of the ball I was knitting with there was some straggly bits so hope that was a one off and you dont find the same!). I also really like the look of that cotton!
I really admire you for being so upfront about your stash! Mine's all stuffed away in bags in various cupboards. Denial - I haz it!
Have you tried out the Layette yet? I had a look at it when I bought the bamboo/cotton but the metreage was a bit short so I left it behind...
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