Category Archives: Stash

SSK 2025 Conference Bag

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SSK or Super Summer Knittogether is a great knitting retreat in Nashville. Ran by the venerable Laura and Leslie of the Knitgirllls! I showed up in the nick of time for opening ceremonies and my goodie bag.

I chose yarn and fiber in my selection, both of which are SSK exclusives. The fiber Cessium Yarns Shaniko top and the sock yarn is Supernove Yarn Desmos Sock. The bag itself is GREAT and then there was a cup, tape measure, pen, yarn gauge and some needle stops.

I am naming my Chuck and Larry! Stay tuned for more shenanigans and lots of wool fumes…

Happy Knitting!!

Looped, DC

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I took a quick Uber this morning in between conference sessions as I found a lovely (and open) yarn shop in Dupont Circle. Welcome to Looped Yarns in DC!

The shop was adorable and the two staff were so kind and helpful. I didn’t have long to shop and I wanted some easy to use yarns for the trip. My haul is as follows:

I tried to chose yarns I haven’t seen before. At the top is Knitting for Olive in Heavy Merino in Pearl Grey and Pink Daisies. They are 50 gram skeins so I am thinking striped hat. I couldn’t resist a Malabrigo Rios skein in teal/turquoise for PB. And in the middle is some Big Little Yarn Co Trusty Sock in the Yosuzume color. And lastly some Isager Yarn Aran Tweed in Black tweed.

I had the shop wind the Rios and the Tweed so I could choose for my next hat. I would totally recommend this shop to anyone passing through DC! Happy Knitting!!

Mothers Day Haul

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I’m a little late but I finally cleaned my WFH desk and uncovered my Mother Day treats.

The fam got me two skeins of Homestead Tweed in a worsted weight for hat/cowl/who knows. They also got me a notebook that has project planning pages ala Ravelry. I am not normally a paper planner for knitting person but I may give fit a whirl for the 2025 Pigskin Party KAL.

More skeins to add to the stash! Happy Knitting!!

A Treasure Goddess Bouquet

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My Treasure Goddess yarn package showed up and I made a little “present” for myself.

I have been doing some wishful knitting for a Royals themed beanie. And I got some colors from this dyer to work that pattern. Its her organic DK base in a gold and a royal blue. I also got another Chiefs themed worsted kit to make another colorwork hat from this project/pattern.

I also paired a nice protein water. Gotta stay hydrated and keep up with those health goals while knitting!! Happy Crafting!!

I Think I Need More Colorwork

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I spent some time this winter dipping my toe into colorwork hats. I made not one but two Chiefs Touchdown Beanies. I decided my dad also needs one of these Chiefs Beanies for next football season. I also found a pattern for a beanie in Royals (baseball) theme that looks fun

So I went to a local to me dyer and grabbed some of her yarn to work these again. As these teams are also local to her she has colorways that match really well. I got the actual Chiefs kit she makes in Worsted weight and then a blue and a gold skein in sport to make the Royals Hat.

Did I need new yarn? No. But the thought of these specific project made me excited and I couldn’t stop thinking about them and so I am leaning into where the mojo goes.

Happy Knitting!!

Spring Gifts

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I got an unexpected gift card from a neighbor as a thank you for helping them this winter. I decided to convert that into yarn goodies!

I swung by Yarn Barn and picked up two new to me colors of Malabrigo Rios in Azules and Volcan. I am thinking I will be making a KU themed hat…..

I also tried two new US 8 needles to add to my collection. I picked up KnitPro Dreams in 16 inch circular and Addi Rocket2 (square needles) to try for my next hats.

It was a nice boost to my dopamine and it got me out for a walk in the sunshine. Spring has sprung! Happy Knitting!!

12 Days Of Christmas – Spinning Style

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In late fall, I was deep in the feels and I purchased a 12 days of Christmas fiber package from Knit Spin Farms. I knew based on my performance with the other fiber advent calendar I knew I couldn’t manage to keep up with this either. So I saved for the doldrums of winter!

They did the best job wrapping and organizing the whole thing. I opened the full box in one shot. I got some great saturated colors and a variety of fiber content, including two bags of stellina to add to other fiber.

I have so many other spinning goals that all of this went into the VERY full fiber bin after it was logged in Ravelry. They will be pretties for another day even though I hear other spinners RAVE about Joanna’s fiber. Perhaps I will use spinning some of this as a reward for making other other goals?

Happy Spinning!!

Christmas Tidings

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Santa was very kind to me! He left four new skeins of yarn and a bottle of wine in my stocking.

There is one skein of KnitCircus trampoline in the purple to yellow fade, one small skein of Greatest of Ease in the light blue speckle, half skein of the Daring base in the red color and finally a full skein of Divine DK in the grey. I love that they do mystery boxes so its a surprise!

My parents got me a knitting backpack to help me lug around my 1,000 WIPS and my kiddos got me a new set of mermaid themed crochet hooks with soft grips. All in all…I had a pretty good haul! The wine may or may not already be gone…..

Happy Knitting!!

Little Wolf Knits Haul

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Back in November I won a prize from the 2024 Pigskin Party KAL and that was a gift card from thelittlewolfknits online yarn store.

I ordered this in early December and it arrived just in time for year end hat knitting. I grabbed a Pigskin Party KAL special color way in worsted (orange), some nuetral mohair silk to hold in my hats and then another (teal) worsted skein for PB inspired hat.

This is a new to me dyer and she was delightful during the order process. I am excited to see how her yarn feels. I need to get this orange one started soon as it will earn me bonus points in the KAL!

Happy Knitting!!

Black Friday Buys

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I was enticed on Black Friday into the TreasureGoddess Yarn sale. I made quite the haul and then saved and wrapped up for my Christmas gift.

I bought the Touchdown Beanie kit with Chiefs colors. This is a DK had that comes with colorwork instructions. I need to pre-wash and make sure the red is color set so I don’t get any bleeding. But I am very excited about this hat. (The instructions also have a Swiftie version but I think I will make the Chiefs one).

I also grabbed two “color your own” little project bags. I got buterflies and yarn/wine with a set of sharpies. I think this will be my art project to work on while the kids color on their new art books from Christmas.

I also got some treats tucked in for the sale and that was the gold tote bag and a few stitch markers. I am excited to get working on all of these!