I've been adding to my stash recently, with some new (but on sale) purchases:
Debbie Bliss Merino DK in lavendar, Filatura 501 in Papaya and Karabella Aurora 8 in Pink. I love pink, and when I saw this stuff on sale (like $5 a ball!) I had to buy it.
And, I started playing with it already:
Sorry for the darkness, but I'm not running upstairs where the lighting is better - I'm watching American Idol, people. But, I have to say - these men aren't too impressive.
Anyway, back to knitting . . . I think I want to make something along the lines of the cabled cardigan in Stefanie Japel's Fitted Knits, which I got over the weekend. What a great book. I love it for the recipes she provides for top-down garments in different shapes and textures. So, that's something I'd like to start. But, I gotta knock out some of these WIPs first.
So . . . Ikea. Gotta love it. We went there on Friday to buy a corner TV stand for the GIANT television my husband bought (like 50" or something totally ridiculous). With my stash growing and organization/storage becoming more challenging in my house, I found this perfect little bookcase with some boxes for my yarn and knitting books. I think it's totally cute and totally practical. I even got a compliment from the hubby, who said, "Your knitting thing looks really nice. I like it." But, he also said, looking at the pile of yarn before it was organized into these boxes, "I think you're getting a little obsessive about the knitting." They just don't understand, do they?
I love vertical storage of all kinds, and the one you have in particular. I've been looking for two narrow, tall bookcases for the exact same thing - yarn storage. Just haven't quite worked myself up to spending the money yet.
ReplyDeleteNice stash enhancement, too...I feel like it's been years since I bought yarn, and my moratorium only started two months ago.
I love Fitted Knits! I ordered it online and am waiting for it to come in. I half wish I'd just bought it at the store when I saw it. I love the stash organizer as well. My husband looked into my teeny basket of stash yarn and was apalled so I try to use other people's blogs as an opportunity to say "See! I don't have that much stash ... yet!"
ReplyDeleteVery, very nice stash enhancements. The colors are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI can't stop looking at your bookcase thinking 'oh, it's so organized and pretty and full of yarn. I want one.'
ReplyDeleteThank you for the inspiration to organize my yarn and paraphenalia!
Nice stash additions! I need to check out Fitted Knits--perhaps a trip to the bookstore is in order!
ReplyDeleteYour husband is right. You should give up knitting and take up husband worship. He's a good guy...a real catch.
ReplyDeleteI really like the storage for the yarn. I must get something like that for mine. Husbands really don't understand. I have been told more than once that I am getting too obsessive about knitting. I keep it in check!
ReplyDeleteRobin over at Yarn Crawl has started a KAL for the Fitted Knits here. The KAL starts on April 1st. So lots of time to finish up some WIPs first!
Men! They don't understand a bit. Love the bookcase! IKEA is like a second home for me.
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