Do you remember at the beginning of the year, when I said to myself, “NO BUYING SOCK YARN!” Well, in anticipation of Summer of Socks 2008 (which I signed up for ages ago and completely forgot about and starts today, the first day of summer), I would like to present photographic evidence of the progression of the stash: It is either scary or awesome, depending on your point of view. (In other words, no buying sock yarn = big fat fail.)
Exhibit A (February 2007):
A respectable stash! Some good colors, quality yarn, something to be proud of.
Exhibit B (August 2007):
Larger, but still respectable. A noticeable love of winding skeins into cakes is starting to come into light. (I bought my swift at Stitches West 2007).
Exhibit C (June 2008):
ZOMG I need to start knitting.
If you click on the second two pictures, I have tagged them in Flickr with the different kinds of yarn. I also maybe possibly made an order at the Loopy Ewe yesterday. OH SHUSH.
However, may I present to you the latest in my upcoming interests:
Yeah, my birthday is in two weeks, and I’m going to use birthday money to hella score a rigid heddle loom. This particular model has everything you could need, and folds up, and turns into a warping board. I’m really excited – I think it will be a great way to use some of the stash, and I’ve been really impressed with some of the weaving I’ve seen around the internets.
If you’ll recall, I’m definitely more of a product over process knitter, and weaving seems to me a great way to get a product, even if to set up it’s somewhat time consuming. I’m looking forward to ordering the loom and getting started on teaching myself a new skill.
Here’s to crafting!
First sock pattern? Come on, ‘fess up.
Wow! That’s an impressive sock yarn stash!
You’re getting the same loom that I just got! I haven’t used mine yet, but I’m thinking it’s going to be fun, and a good way to use some of my sock yarn stash.