Last year at this time I did an inventory of yarns in my stash with a focus on dishcloth cotton, assorted DK cotton, Baby Yarn and Sock Yarn. My goal is to eventually work through all the yarn in my stash and just have a couple of shoeboxes of Sock yarn. I'm not there yet.Still, I started 2013 with 456 grams of dishcloth cotton and finish with less than 200 grams - that's just a few dishcloths to knit in 2014. I'm sure I can manage that. As for the other assorted DK cottons I've cut that quantity to less than half, ringing in the New Year with about 230 grams. I was very successful with the baby yarn - it's all gone. Same goes for lace yarn - it's gone too. Thanks to a cup cozies, gnomes, stockings and hats knit for craft shows, I've worked through most of my worsted weight and acrylic DK stash. There are two shoeboxes of assorted scraps left; I need to think about how to use up the rest of this. I should also mention that there's a skein of MadelineTosh Pashmina that was a gift - but I'm looking for a very special pattern for selfish knitting for that one!
But that's the stash I'd really like to address this year - sock yarn scraps! And in that vein I've decided to knit baby socks over the next several days. Ann Budd created a set of five different pairs of Better than Booties Baby Socks for the Summer 2005 issue of Interweave Knits. Three of those are available for free from Knitting Daily. This is a pattern I've done before, and the parents of the newborn were really pleased with how well they fit and stayed on - so that's a pretty good endorsement. Friend's are expecting in March, so a few pairs will be gifted to them and then the balance will be donated to charity. Each pair takes about 18 grams of sock yarn, so we'll see how far I get. A lot of my sock yarn leftovers are less than 18 grams.
11 comments:
Good luck with your goals! It seems like you've made quite a bit of progress already.
I highly suggest a sock-yarn blanket for scraps - there are a couple different patterns, but the mitred square is still my favourite - next to a crocheted granny square one.
The booties are cute though!
Good luck!
Sounds like you made great progress in knitting down your stash.
I'd like to say I did too, BUT......
I love that baby bootie. It's so cute.
You did well!
Thanks for the baby sock recommendation, I have many sock scraps and also a baby on the way (not mine!) to knit some for!
You are so productive. And I have to say that your stash is quite modest. I knit far slower than you, yet I seem to buy more quickly. Gotta stop that!
Love the booties. Great idea!
You did great! And I love those booties. Happy New Year.
I think, all in all, you were very successful!! Good luck with the rest of the pile.
adorable baby bootie! good luck this year-- sounds like you've done well with your goals during this past one.
Sounds like you've done a lot to reduce your stash in 2013. It's interesting how once we get started with stash busting, certain areas drop and others stay the same. I think it shows where are true yarn passions lay!
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