Putting up all my stashed yarn on Ravelry has a twofold purpose: first, so that I could see how much I had and perhaps curtail some of my rash yarn buying habits, and second, so that I could start using some of what I had and yes, same as the first, stop some of my rash yarn buying habits.
And to that end, here is Joni the Second:
Yarn: Jo Sharp Alpaca Silk Georgette
Colours: Pebble and Kelp
This is a great pattern, and a fun, quick and wonderful hat, AND I used up 2 skeins from the stash.
Now, I will confess that I more than balanced that out with a yarn purchase, and in my weak defense, will say, stop with the sale announcements that keep dropping in to my inbox, because apparently I am too weak to ignore them. Actually, truth be told, I have thrown 97% of the sale mails away without even looking at them, but then one snuck in under the radar, and that lovely and most wonderful of Tweeds was on sale, and in the colour I wanted, and so I caved, and added a bunch o' Plymouth Tweed in a beautiful maroon-ish, flecked with hot pinks and oranges to the stash (a rather moody photo below).
But I do have a plan, all is well if one has a plan. Someone must have said that before me...
SO, here's the plan: it will be used, and soon, now will the ever so lovely Tweed of Plymouth turn into (in no particular order):
#1 Flyingdales
Yarn: Plymouth Tweed
Colours: Maroon-ish
Designer: Lisa Lloyd from the book A Fine Fleece
#2 Pamelia
Yarn: Plymouth Tweed
Colours: Maroonish
Designer: Norah Gaughan from Berroco #277
#3 Puzzle Me This
Yarn: Plymouth Tweed
Colours: Maroonish
Designer: Cheryl Oberle from Knitted Jackets
#4 Amanda (no photo, Raveled here) Yarn: Plymouth Tweed
Colours: Maroonish
Designer: Lisa Lloyd from the book A Fine Fleece
All lovely and wonderful cardigans, and now, to choose...
