Sign-Ups Closing Monday, June 5th!
I have been a bit overwhelmed by the response to my little idea (but isn't that the way in blog-land - there's always more people reading than you think!) but my, we do have quite a few SoS-er's don't we?
Since the general idea of the SoSKAL is to not buy yarn from Memorial Day to Labor Day, I will be closing sign-ups after this weekend.
I will also be out of town this weekend, so I will not be able to add new members between Friday morning and Sunday night. I will, however, add any new members up to Monday night.
After that, knitters can join the Stashalong if they want a community to support their de-stashing.
Also, a gentle note about exceptions: please remember the point is to not buy yarn this summer, not devise ways to get around the KAL! If you must buy yarn, then try to keep the purchases small. Let's have a goal of smaller stashes by September!
In that spirit, here is my first true de-stashing post:
Those oddballs of yarn, those leftovers from projects really seem to bug me more than "project-designated" stash. A sweater's worth of yarn, hanks of sock yarn: the potential is obvious. They are just waiting their turn at-bat. For me, it is the two balls here and one skein there that really bother me -- what will I do with this?
So when fellow SoSKAL-er Lolly challenged knitters to stretch their creativity and try something new through Project Spectrum I decided my plan was to bust through some of these balls and knit stuff for charity. I knitted a bunch of hats for Dulaan with stash yarn but had no green wooly yarn for hats for cold Mongolians. So I had to get more creative, and stumbled upon Papa's Quilt.
Subtract two balls of Debbie Bliss Cathay from my stash!
Since the general idea of the SoSKAL is to not buy yarn from Memorial Day to Labor Day, I will be closing sign-ups after this weekend.
I will also be out of town this weekend, so I will not be able to add new members between Friday morning and Sunday night. I will, however, add any new members up to Monday night.
After that, knitters can join the Stashalong if they want a community to support their de-stashing.
Also, a gentle note about exceptions: please remember the point is to not buy yarn this summer, not devise ways to get around the KAL! If you must buy yarn, then try to keep the purchases small. Let's have a goal of smaller stashes by September!
In that spirit, here is my first true de-stashing post:
Those oddballs of yarn, those leftovers from projects really seem to bug me more than "project-designated" stash. A sweater's worth of yarn, hanks of sock yarn: the potential is obvious. They are just waiting their turn at-bat. For me, it is the two balls here and one skein there that really bother me -- what will I do with this?
So when fellow SoSKAL-er Lolly challenged knitters to stretch their creativity and try something new through Project Spectrum I decided my plan was to bust through some of these balls and knit stuff for charity. I knitted a bunch of hats for Dulaan with stash yarn but had no green wooly yarn for hats for cold Mongolians. So I had to get more creative, and stumbled upon Papa's Quilt.
Subtract two balls of Debbie Bliss Cathay from my stash!
Three quilt squares for a comfort blanket.
Who can you help with your stash??
posted by Liz K. at 6:12 AM
3 Comments:
I love the texture on those squares.
Those are really really pretty -- I wonder if I have any green, hmmm. I already destashed a bit with Warming Grace and a blue square for her friend. Maybe we should put up a few links for places that would welcome random bits of stash knitting?
Another great idea, SM.
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