It's a question I have been pondering for awhile now. How do you accumulate a stash? I mean, I go into the LYS and it's like sensory overload, so I have learned to make a list. The list is of those things I need for specific projects. I go with my list. Once or twice I have come out with just the things on my list. But I almost always find yarn that I just can't stop touching, or looking at, or dreaming about. And so I buy. But here is where my stash building system breaks down.
How do you know how much yarn to buy? I mean, I know that this or that particular yarn would make a wonderful sweater, or shawl, or scarf (yes, I still make scarfs, and I know I'm not alone in this! Just ask Kate. I love them! They are warm, they add color, they are that so important quick and satisfying knit which provides momentum for those big projects {more on this later}). But how do you know which it will end up being? Thus, how much yarn to buy?
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Posted by Leah | December 19, 2004 3:42 PM
Posted on December 19, 2004 15:42
first, welcome to blog world! i never know exactly how much yarn to buy but always err on the side of too much rather than too little. for example, if i'm at the lys, and i see a yarn i like, a project usually pops into mind. i also keep a list of various projects i want to knit with me and i on the list i have the yarn requirements, gauge, etc.
Posted by amanda | December 19, 2004 5:44 PM
Posted on December 19, 2004 17:44
Stash building! Yeah! How much? Well, it depends on what the yarn looks like it's going to be: sweater, scarf, etc. Then I decide on the number of skeins by looking at the yardage. Less yardage, more skeins.
Posted by Becky | December 21, 2004 12:18 PM
Posted on December 21, 2004 12:18
Have you seen Ann Budd's handy pamphlet of common items and the yardage needed to make them? I carry it around in my pocketbook at all times! If I find a yarn that's a really awesome deal (like when I found Artful Yarns Jazz for only $9.00), I buy enough for a sweater. If it's something more luxurious and pricey, I get enough for a hat or mittens. I have so much yarn set aside for mittens, it's ridiculous. I love stashing sock yarn best, because you always know just how much you need! (I found your blog through the Pretty Posies site, by the way.)
Posted by Marlena | December 22, 2004 9:58 AM
Posted on December 22, 2004 09:58
I always think I'm buying more than I need, and I never buy enough. ("ooh, I'll make a sleeveless, skintight top, that'll only take, hmm, two skeins!" Then in a week I'm back buying a third.
Maybe I think I'm less chubby than I really am; next time I'll look at how much Becky buys and double it ;)
Posted by jodi | December 22, 2004 11:50 AM
Posted on December 22, 2004 11:50
Thank you all for the great stash building ideas, and for welcoming my new blog to the knitting community!
Posted by Leah | December 23, 2004 8:38 PM
Posted on December 23, 2004 20:38