Right Now it's About the Little Things (Kinda)

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:

Joni Hat

Yarn: Jo Sharp Alpaca Silk Georgette

Colours: Pebble and Kelp

Designer: Kerstin Kapur aka Through the Loops

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...

Comments

[Sarah S.]

I love your new banner and I love that you are working through your yarn in such creative ways! I wish I knew how to do something with yarn the way you can!

[Laurie]

We all would have caved on that one, especially with a plan. Love the simplicity of what you've got up there...those sweaters.

The hat is perfect for now. Jewel like colors in the cold....

[Anne]

I'm going to vote for Amanda so we can do a KAL. But any of those designs would be really pretty in that yarn which is scrumptious!

[Jennifer]

Oooo, Plymouth Tweed... Lovely stuff!

[Pat K]

Very nice hat. I do like the colors, especially. Good luck choosing...!

[Carrie K]

How do you expect to resist that tweed? You're not made of stone. Gorgeous!! Did you buy enough to make all four of those patterns?

That hat looks positively scrumptious.