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Thursday February 04, 2010

Yarn diet - one month in

Miriam McDonald
Simply Knitting's
Production Editor

Well, I've made it through a month of the yarn diet. Okay, so there are a couple of things that make it easier. First, if I have to do anything for the magazine Kirstie gives me the yarn for it, so I don't have to rely on my stash for these things. (All unused balls get returned to the office.) Second, I bought some yarn for one particular project, a swap, just before Christmas, so I had knits planned and yarn already bought when 2010 began. The stash hasn't grown, but it's not shrinking much yet.

I should complete socks (Pamela Northrups' awesome Jack Sparrow's Favourite Socks) for a friend at today's knitting group meeting, then I have only a jumper (Evelyn, from Louisa Harding's Gathering Roses collection) on the needles and any new knits will have to be done from stash. Still, there's still a couple of boxes of yarn in the spare room, so February shouldn't be too tough, right?

I've got lots of sock yarn in the boxes, so if you know of a good sock design I'm ready for recommendations.

Posted by Miriam McDonald
Thursday February 04, 2010

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I apologise if you read the harlot a lot but Nutkin - I made them at xmas and sleepy hollow socks look lovely as do most Janel laidlaw ones - thats a ravelry job.

Posted by sarah barron (127.0.0.1) on February 04, 2010 at 02:47 PM GMT #

If you want to play mind-games with yourself...cast on for 3,4, or 5 pairs at once. It sure makes the stash look smaller. The mess of projects on the coffee table is another story altogether.

Posted by 127.0.0.1 on February 04, 2010 at 04:28 PM GMT #

I love Janel Laidlaw's designs, Sarah. Both those other patterns are ones I hadn't heard of, and they look great. It may have to be the Nutkins next.

127.0.0.1, I don't have enough DPNs for that, plus I'm a bit of a one-project person (although nowadays that has morphed into one jumper, one pair of socks, one hat etc!)

Posted by Miriam (127.0.0.1) on February 04, 2010 at 04:40 PM GMT #

Great post, really interesting blog!! Thanks!

Posted by Werbeartikel (127.0.0.1) on February 05, 2010 at 01:44 PM GMT
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