Category Archives: Yarn Stash

Tossing The Stash 2026

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I have to admit that I love collecting yarn. And I hold that buying yarn is a completely separate hobby from using it. And I have still been feeling overwhelmed about how much I have and how many places it had scattered in my house. I couldn’t find my favorite sock needles and my WIPs were overflowing.

So I did a big New Year’s round up of everything that I could see or remember from the house and pulled all my yarn storage. It filled my California king sized bed….

I did the stash first and sorted through all the yarns and redid the bin storage. Checked everything for water or bugs and made some decisions to keep or toss. I think I got everything back into (less) stuffed bins and grouped nicely. Not to mention an entire bag of acrylic and novelty yarn from my early days that is going to donate.

I also tossed all my project bags to cull my projects. I frogged or abandoned seven projects and reclaimed like 10 project bags back into my stash. I found so many needles, stitch markers and tape measures and put back into my tool storage. I also consolidated all my WIPs I still love into one large tote bag. I was proud of myself and only pulled yarn for one new project. More on that later…

I really need to get into my laundry room and storage area to clean. I think I am missing one tote of knitting related items that is in a stack somewhere. I also have three totes of kids clothes to sort and just overall reorg the storage area to be more usable. Sigh….so much adulting!

Happy Stashing!!

Santa Yarn

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Santa was very kind to me. Mostly because this Knitter planned her own surprise. When I was at SSK 2025, I bought a package of Mystery DK yarn form Supernova yarn at the vendor market. These are the spoils.

This was packed so I just cut one end open and then dropped into my stocking without looking. So it was a real surprise for the morning. I ended up with one skein of her Atria DK (singles) that is on the far left in the Pondering Orb colorway. The other two are her Nashira DK (plied) in a redacted color and her Plowed colorway.

These will likely end up in my hat collection as they they are different types of yarn and really different colors. Which is not all bad, I like making hats or these could be a pop of color in a sweater?

Did Santa bring you yarn? Happy New Year!

K-Pop Yarn for PB

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PB, like most girls her age, is obsessed with K-Pop Demon Hunters. And Stacey of Must Stash Yarn released a self striping colorway on brand. I had to buy it.

I haven’t knit a sock in AGES but I am thinking of some sock tubes for PB to rock around the house. Her feet are still growing so I am hesitant to do socks with heels that she will outgrow.

I am leaving this skein out on my desk to see if PB peer pressure and proximity would spur some sock knitting mojo….

Happy Stashing!!

Treasure Goddess Yarn Party

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I may or may not have fell down on my wallet at the 2025 Treasure Goddess Yarn party this past October. The kids and I had a free Saturday morning so we headed over to KC to see the Treasure Goddess Farm.

Jellybean grabbed his own first knitting bag some Harry Potter stickers whilst PB chased the ducks and chickens. I meanwhile went insane. I grabbed five skeins of bubblegum pink Treasured DK Luxe. This is 70% alpaca, 20% silk and 10% cashmere base and BABY soft. I am going to make a garment that will highlight the drape of this yarn.

Next up I grabbed two four ounces braids of fiber that are a wool/yak mix. The first is a burgundy and the second is a purple. I think I will spin those singles and ply together for a barber pole. I also grabbed a skein of DEEP blue her Warmth Worsted for my hat stash.

Finally the kids convinced me to grab a Christmas garland kit where they paint the ornaments. Cleverly Christine had some free wooden ornaments out for a craft table and my kids were hooked.

I really need to find more time in my schedule to craft all this yarn! Happy Stashing!!

Prize Package

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This past summer I participated in the Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Podcast KAL called the Summer Spin In and I won a prize!

I was the lucky recipient of a $50 gift certificate from Abstract Fiber. In true crafter fashion, I spent a little more than my gift certificate. Starting on the left I grabbed a skein of the Worsted base called Dakota and the color is called Dragonfly. In the middle a sport weight OOAK called creatively “Color 8”. And finally there is a skein of DK in the Tahoma base in the color Molly.

These will all probably end up in some sort of a hat situation. It’s my go to easy knitting and my gift stash is getting pretty low. For now I need to get back to sweater knitting!

Happy Crafting!!

All Plied Up

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It took me a few bobbins and about 1,000 adjustments but I managed to get all of the singles into plied yarn. And it only took four bobbins for this SSK fiber mini spinning project.

Bonus points, the view has been pretty nice here at the Grandparents. I need to wait until I get home and get this yarn wound off into skeins to wash and measure. I finally felt more comfortable with the tension and moving the parts around by bobbin #3.

The three bobbins on the right are all 2-ply skeins where I just let the colors combine as they came off the singles. I had a little bit of singles left on one of the bobbins so I chain plied all those to use them up. It will make a wee little skein.

All in all, I am pretty pleased so far! Happy Spinning!!

Winding Marathon

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I have so many wishful knitting projects here and here and here. That I decided to break out my ball winder and swift to do some serious winding. I don’t normally cake my yarn and tend to hand wind my yarn.

So after several hours and more tangles that I like….I wound three sweaters worth of yarn and got caked up. I do have another sweater lot that the skein is too large for my swift and I will definitely have to hand wind those.

This swift is handmade by a family member and it works great. But an umbrella swift would be more beneficial. I am considering put one of those on my wish list. And my bigger wish list is a craft room where I could have all my tools set up and I don’t have to put them away after each use 🙂

Happy Winding!!

SSK 2025 Door Prize

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I didn’t just come home from SSK with market purchases and yarn shop hop goodies, I also won two door prizes!

First up is a lady bug handmade pouch. This would work equally well as a needle/notions pouch or for a pencil case. I might ask if PB wants to use this one? She used to have a thing for Ladybug and Cat Noir cartoon.

Next up are three skeins of sock yarn in coordinating colors. All three are from different dyers but are merino or merino/nylon mixes. The pink is Yarn Cafe Creations, The green is an indie Dyer out of Alaska and the green/pink mix is Unique Sheep sock yarn. I have left these bundled together and I might consider a wrap or faded cropped sweater? I need to marinate more on that….

Happy Stashing!!

SSK 2025 Haul

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Cautious wool fumes ahead….

I am home and unpacked all my treasures from SSK. I was more restrained this year than last year. I had specific things in mind for my purchases. For bags, I grabbed two Fat Squirrel bags as her updates are NUTS. Then for yarn, I grabbed one skein of purple Another Crafty girl worsted for a hat for Jellybean. Then four skeins of DK from Apothefaery Fibers for a Rock It Tee. I unexpectedly found some hand dyed fat quarters for my mom for Christmas. Then I grabbed some yarn ear rings and some stich markers to replace those lost to the couch. Next up was some Miss Babs DK in a neutral grey and the SSK show color. I refilled my Tuft Woolens by some perfume, balm and two new chapsticks. AND the best one ever, a myster bag of yarn in DK weight for my Christmas stocking 🙂

After all those yarn fumes, I stepped outside and found a wee sheep in the wild. Attendees left these all over the campus and it was so cute to find them!

Happy Knitting!!

Bliss Yarns Visit

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My second yarn stop in Nashville was Bliss Yarns. I came here last year and it was great. My second visit was just as good.

I was a little more unorganized in this shop. I got some pretty but admitted random purchases.

I picked up some stitch markers to help with sweater knitting and some fun cuss wordy ones. Next up was a skein of Must Stash Yarn must match sock in Ready Player One, Ruby and Roses Fragrent Roses in a DK weight and finally a single aran skein of Making Tracks DK by Junction Mill. I also picked up some wool wash in a fig scent that I couldn’t resist. I love fig scented anything.

I have ZERO plans for all of this other than padding my stash…Happy Yarn Fumes!!