One Crazy Fiber Lady

….she reached the end of the arrows section!  Woot.  I finally put the stitch markers in place so I know where the armholes are going to be.  I finished up the black border during my commute this morning and will start the snowflakes during lunch!  Hands are a little tired, but honestly, I don’t think I’m doing more knitting now than I was pre-Olympics, I’m just focusing better.  I’ll drag the monkeys out tomorrow morning to go pick up a zipper so I’ll be ready for that.  Once the knitting is done, the finish work is home work.  Sewing isn’t exactly train friendly so this project will be relegated to evenings after work.  Baring any really unforeseen circumstances, I’m going to medal in these here Olympics! 

Which really does bring me to what is next.  IF I focus, I can finish things nicely.  Big IF isn’t it?  While I really want to start Klaralund (and half a dozen other projects and that is BEFORE Ingeborg arrives this weekend), I really should finish off some of the things in my WIP list before I do.    I should also proclaim some of those projects DOA.  How long has Birch been sitting there, untouched, unloved.  Far too long.  At the very least it should be ported off to "On Hold" status.  Notice a preponderance of lace sitting there in idle mode.  Of 8 items, 5 are lace.  And here I am considering adding another piece as Eunny is starting up a KAL for the lace sampler from GOL.  Heck I have the yarn (J&S Cobweb) in stash and I love that stole, not to mention I’m weak when faced with a KAL. So do I make a concerted effort to clean up the WIPS to a minimum number, which BTW is 3 in my head (sweater + lace + socks)?  I think that might be the wisest course.  I might actually finish things allowing me to start others! 

Since there was some demand to see more of the stash, I decided to oblige.  While these pictures do not include the coned yarn collection in the twins’ room, it does show a good deal of what’s left.  It doesn’t, however, include the collection of Patons Classic Merino in the closet next to my computer desk in quantities enough to make 3 more Ribby Cardi’s.  I vaguely remember there being other yarn in that closet but it isn’t stuff I plan on using, mostly cottons and some chenille’s.. if they made it through the last purging that is. 

The Rubbermaid drawer unit house mostly hand-spun, though the yarn purchases from Rhinebeck 2004 are in there too.  The Rubbermaid bid above the drawers houses mostly the older yarns in the stash that made it through the pre-baby purge.  There’s fingering weight alpaca, a silk(like?) ribbon yarn in crimson that you can see through the container and a collection of woolease in here.  There’s also some very lovely chocolate brown kid mohair about the weight of KSH.. might actually have some silk or rayon mixed in, been so darn long since I looked last.  Most of this box is going to go prior to moving.  It is well aged and if I haven’t used it yet, I doubt I’m going to.  At the right edge of the picture, you see the hints of two more bins.  The bottom green one holds rovings (which I totally forgot about) and the bin above it has fleece. 

The picture on the left actually is under the one on the right.  The wood bits you see on the left (with the plastic bags stuffed under) are part of my loom.  Yup.  Loom.  24" LeClerc Compact 4H loom that hasn’t been touched in a number of years.  Balanced on top of the end of the loom is my Fricke Finest drum carder which you see in the above right picture, so you can get a sense of the layout.  Talk about an eclectic mix in this corner eh?  Amongst the programming books and Star Trek paraphernalia, sitting here, I count enough bags of yarn to complete 12 sweaters (2 short people ones) and a small portion of my TLC Cotton Plus collection – which I just remembered isn’t included either as that currently lives in the hall with the books and some fleece.  Also not pictured is the box of yarn from Joann’s with enough Patons Decor to knit the Great American Aran Afghan.  I’m so a yarn ‘ho.  Now ya’ll see what I haven’t moved before?!?!?!

Since I’m coming clean on the stash, I might as well give you a look into the cabinet I showed yesterday.  I actually took these pictures a week or so ago, not sure why, but am glad now

The remaining cubes of the IKEA Kampe wall unit have books, fleece and DVD’s.  Only three actually have yarn.  The bottom shelf of Cube 1 is all sock yarns.. though not all the sock yarn as that Priority Mail box above the unit in Overflow has nothing but  Kroy sock yarn in it.  The shelf above is a bit of a mix.  A little laceweight, Lamb’s Pride, Noro, Cascade, Rowan Cashsoft, Artyarns for Clapotis.  I recently cleaned and organized this cube. 

Cube 2′s top shelf holds my beading supplies (though there are 2 shoeboxes of beading things in the kitchen), some fine crochet/tatting cotton and other bits of yarn behind it all that I’ve so totally forgotten about.  The botton shelf is a mishmash of things including 3 skeins of Patons Classic Merino in my brick red color for the Elizabeth bag which I swear someday I’m going to knit.  I also see some Debbie Bliss Cashmerino baby left over from the sweater I knit Kat last year, as well as some more Rowan cashsoft.

Cube 3 is more laceweight, lots of laceweight actually and Rowan All Seasons Cotton.  I’m not entirely sure what the heck is in here beyond lots of laceweight   I do see my KNitpicks dye your own laceweight at the top, and on the left appears to be more of the HandpaintedYarns.com stuff.  Not entirely sure what that yellow cottony stuff is.  The J&S cobweb is in the white/silver mailing bag.  Did I mention there is a lot of laceweight? 

Now that I feel like a gourmand at an all you can eat buffet…I leave you with some older Kat/kitty zen:

Have a good weekend!

Craft on.