My SOS review

I have to say that my stash doesn't feel substantially smaller since Memorial Day, but with the exception of that little bit of sock yarn when I visited Maryland in July (and my hostess DRAGGED me to her LYS, what could I do?) I have refrained from buying any yarn since the middle of May. I'm proud of myself about that, even if I haven't ripped through lots of projects of stash yarn throughout the summer. In fact, if anything, my knitting speed feels like it's been particularly slow this summer. But that's not the point. Except for that sock yarn, I've been good, and the only additions to my stash were gifts over which I had no control.

Have I learned anything? Well, I have learned that I certainly don't need to buy yarn all the time. Which is a lesson I knew before, but had lost sight of. I also have a nice selection of yarn already in my closet that really does deserve a chance to get out and be used. I haven't taken an actual inventory, because it's frankly more work than I care to do, pulling all those bins down from the top of the closet, but heaven knows my stash doesn't need to be any bigger than it is!

Am I going to rush right out (or right to a website) to order more yarn on Tuesday? Not necessarily . . . I mean, I'd say "No" straight out, but . . . my next project is going to be a felted bag with some Cascade 220 in my stash, but when I started knitting up a swatch last night, I thought it looked kind of boring. So I was thinking about knitting two colors together instead, and seeing how that looks when it's felted. Except the only other color I have is magenta . . .

Deb in NJ
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