Shrinking Stash!

I have posted a lot in my own blog, but keep forgetting to post here. So, a quick update on my de-stashing!

First of all, Wavybrains posted a while back to say what she is learning from this De-stashalong, and I keep meaning to do the same thing. Since the house is still, and I have more podcasts downloading now, I thought I'd follow like the sheep I am.

• I've learned that I really am picky about the yarn I actually knit with. I prefer yarns that feel good as I knit them .. I -love- cotton, and soft wools. I'm not-so-much for scratchy wool, and there are some novelty yarn I just can't knit with despite how pretty/fascinating/unusual they are.
• However, despite that pickiness, I am easily drawn to any yarn that is pretty/fascinating/unusual.
• I don't so much like knitting a plain-old-boring square. I have one that is -still- sitting, waiting to be finished for an afghan I want to make. I cannot bring myself to knit on it. I love the yarn . the color, the feel, everything. I just don't want to knit a boring square anymore.
• I love the process of knitting far more than the finished product in most cases.
• I love to knit in public. I take my knitting with me anywhere, and I simply don't care what people think when I pull it out and start knitting away. (Though, more often than not I get compliments on my work, and questions like 'Is it hard to knit?' and 'How long have you been knitting?')
• I have pattern envy. I don't have a lot of money right now to spend on books and patterns and such, but there are so many I want to buy!

The 'not enough money' though may will change soon though, because I got a job, finally. It's part time, and will probably only pay for my car-payment and insurance, but that means more spending money! Yay!!

I finished my first booga and I think it looks pretty good. I'm afraid I felted the heck out of it, but it looks cute, and I lurve it. I'm already working on another one for Brandon, our friend/houseguest and my knitting flunky, out of some blue/black kinda-tweedy wool/angora I have .. I had a bunch of little balls of it and I've already used up two. When this is done I might make a couple more for gifts for people .. Booga's are fun!

I also used up an oddball of pink-pastel eyelash yarn making a scarf for my neice Savannah.
Very blurry picture of how open and airy it is. I love this scarf .. I should make my own!

Look how long it is .. I think it's at least 5' of pink fuzziness. Granted, my photo skillz aren't so great, but you get the picture.

I have had to purchase yarn, but it's all for the Yarn Aboard II swaps, not for me, so I am perfectly justified in it, because none of it is staying with me. Granted, being on Ebay and looking at all the yummy handpainted sock yarns and laceweights and stuff was very, very tempting, but I need to wait. And I can wait. There's only what .. 6 weeks left? That's enough time for 5 paychecks!! Wahoo!

Also, while my stash is decreasing .. I am as well. Hubby and I joined Weight Watchers around the same time as the SOS KAL, and I have lost 10.4 pounds in a month. I'm the incredible shrinking knitter! Soon I'll be able to justify making sweaters and such for myself once I'm at a healthier weight.