Stash dive
I have the itch to cast on something new, and that generally means a stash dive. Now, my stash is actually pretty darn small…like three of those midsized storage bins type small (erm…plus a scraps bin with leftover bits)…like you could lay it all out one layer deep on a twin bed and have room left for a pillow and a cat type small. So sometimes I get to thinking ‘I have no yarn.’ This is never actually true. The problem is usually ‘I forgot what’s in there and need to see it all in one place’ (which is part of the reason I don’t let myself get a huge stash). So I dumped it all out on the floor and kicked it around a bit. And I ended up with five contenders…
Now…two of those are actually some of the very oldest yarn in my stash, bought back before I thought about things like ‘is it even slightly possible to take a photo of that that other people will see and like.’ And I love them dearly…but I’m not at all sure I’ll be able to take photos that will do them justice. And I’m not sure I’m quite ready to knit something just to knit it without worrying about showing it off or taking pretty pictures for a pattern (yes, I know, if this is the worst part of my job I’m very lucky and should not complain…but man that yarn is pretty and it’s bugging me not to use it.)
But even if those do have to just hang out and wait for a private project, it’s not like there’s a shortage of other yummy yarn around here.
I mean clearly the right thing is to sit down and swatch…not one of these is a bad choice…I just need to pick which one grabs me most. Any of them singing to you in particular? Possibly I just like them all and need to do something with each and every one of them…
Those two dark ones with black and purple call to me. Yeah it might not be the most photogenic, but deep rich colors. Ohhhhhh!
I only see yummy yarn in those photos. (Granted, I don’t know what shenanigans you had to go through to get those pretty photos, but still.) Look forward to seeing what you come up with!
I LOVE the one with the cobalt blue that looks like evening skies (left Seven Sisters skein).
I love the one with brown and rust. Not my usual colors, but it’s so right for Autumn and Halloween.
Seeing that first photo my initial thought was “She’s going to make something using all those colours in that order?!! Whatever it is it’s going to look amazing!!!” Kinda disappointed when I then started reading and you were trying to choose just one. They’re all lovely on their own; I especially favour the orange/earth tones/green skein because that’s perfect autumn-in-a-skein. Still I do have to sigh wistfully for that momentary & imaginary multi-skein-project-that-isn’t-going-to-be. … would have been fun to watch it grow.
I’m with Staci- The cobalt blue is singing to me.
The one on the right is amazing.