Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Surmount the Stash - February Round-up

Well it's the end of February and while I got an extra day to knit - I discovered that my sock had a major boo-boo and I ripped the whole thing out!

Anyway - onto the accomplishments.

This month saw three project completed - all from the stash.

The biggest accomplishment, of course, is the Lore Hoodie. Even though I don't yet have proper pictures, it used up 1462 yards of yarn! That's also one sweater down from the four I'm hoping to complete this year

Next up is Dave's Valentine socks
They used up about 420 yards of yarn and made a very nice Valentine's day gift. Stash yarn is perfect for gifts on a budget! These are also one pair out of the 10 I'm hoping to knit. (I've really got to get a wiggle on this goal)

Last is my latest design, VictoriaThis used almost all of a 285 yard skein of Stray Cat. As a dyer, I love one skein projects - sometimes that's all you have of a particular colourway, and it can't be repeated (though I happen to have another of this colour, and I'm pretty sure I can make it again).

So - that's 2,167 yards out of the stash and two projects knocked off my goal list. Slow and steady win the race, right?

8 comments:

Rachelle said...

Well done, I'm hoping my stash consumption will increase once the garage stuff is done. Working on a vest for eldest bear as top project at the moment.

Minding My Own Stitches said...

Slow and steady DOES win the race, but sometimes the progress is harder to see when you're working in fingering and lace weight!

lexa said...

You accomplished a lot more knitting than I did! Well done!

gayle said...

That doesn't look like slow and steady to me - it looks more like zoom zoom! You certainly get a lot more knitting done than I do...

Monika said...

That's a wonderful accomplishment! All those FO's! Very nice!

Araignee said...

Congrats! I just dusted off a few balls of stash yarn myself.

Knitting Linguist said...

Definitely. And I particularly love that sweater! Gorgeous.

Barbara from Nova Scotia said...

The hoodie looks lovely! February was a good month for you. Awesome!