# Can we talk yarn stashes? Current projects? Maybe? Yes? Yarn! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897 "2010-11-16T19:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/261 "2011-04-26T13:47:27Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I _am_ a little miffed I couldn’t seem to find sock yarn in a _solid_ color, it’s all self-striping and variegated and odd things. I’ve had really good luck with [Knitpicks Stroll Sock Yarn](http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Stroll_Sock_Yarn__D5420133.html). A good variety of solid colors, wears & washes well, and inexpensive. I made a pair of socks for my dad for Christmas '09, he wears them at least once a week when it’s not hot out, my mom washes and dries them, and they still look new. If you want something a little more expensive, I’ve found that [Spud & Chloe](http://kpixie.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=35_451_452) wears really well, although I handwash my socks made out of this (it’s officially machine washable). Pretty colors, too. ETA: ha ha, **Hello Again** :). Great minds and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/262 "2011-04-26T17:15:58Z")
Oh, heavens, not looking for MORE expensive! I mean, those yarns are lovely but I’m flat broke right now. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/263 "2011-04-28T04:26:07Z")
Oh dear. I’ve buckled down and gone trying to refresh my memory of knitting by doing a cabled armwarmer on DPNs. (The other one was made years ago but I never got to finishing the second one. _cough_) This will be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/264 "2011-05-01T01:18:01Z")
I’ve got the toes of two socks done thanks to watching the wedding and The King’s Speech last night. I bought a book about knitting two socks at a time on one circular, it’s easier than it seems once you get the cast on done and if you can follow magic loop. 🙂 Movie with my friend tonight means I have more knitting time too. This is more knitting than I’ve done in far too long. Plus a new store JUST opened up (today!) so I had to go visit. Cute, smaller than the other but it shows where some of the other ladies from the old group disappeared to. Nice to see them and add a little to my stash. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/265 "2011-05-01T02:08:39Z")
Tonight I finished the socks for my sister I’ve been working on for the last year. No, socks don’t really take a year – but these are knee socks, plus I did several other projects – at least three hats, plus I’m halfway through a scarf I’m making for **Freckafree** and about to turn the heel of the first of a regular pair of socks – intermittently during the year. I am never, ever making another pair of knee socks – way too tedious. I’ll take a pic after I block them. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/266 "2011-05-01T03:02:12Z")
[Blanket](http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x163/faeriehazel/woolleaves01.jpg) finished! ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/267 "2011-05-01T03:08:01Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > [Blanket](http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x163/faeriehazel/woolleaves01.jpg) finished! Lovely! Melinda is still not finished _scuffs shoes, mumble mumble_ Poor thing only has half her hair. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/268 "2011-05-01T03:29:36Z")
**HNC** , that IS lovely! I’m about to be forced to quit smoking (I literally can’t afford it), and I’m thinking about renewing my knitting. It’s been a good three or four years since I stopped…I still have my minimal stash and a couple of good circs and dpns. I may just do a sampler scarf first off to refresh my muscle memory for various stitches. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/269 "2011-05-01T03:33:10Z")
Finally, got a working camera. [HERE](http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n563/BroomBroomstick/TropicalDelightBlanket.jpg) is my finally completed blanket! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/270 "2011-05-01T03:34:41Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Finally, got a working camera. [HERE](http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n563/BroomBroomstick/TropicalDelightBlanket.jpg) is my finally completed blanket! Oh, **Broomstick**! That’s GORGEOUS! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/271 "2011-05-01T05:11:18Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I’m about to be forced to quit smoking (I literally can’t afford it). I’m not sure that yarn is cheaper than cigarettes - but it is less likely to cause cancer. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/272 "2011-05-01T05:33:19Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I’m not sure that yarn is cheaper than cigarettes - but it is less likely to cause cancer. I still have stash from my previous foray so the startup costs are already sunk. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/273 "2011-05-01T05:48:08Z")
Pretty blankets! I have a blanket pattern I want to do, the yarn picked out etc… but I keep thinking ‘You can’t even finish a sweater for yourself… how will you finish a blanket???’ lol ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/274 "2011-05-01T11:48:46Z")
One stitch at a time. Of course, I caston a ten stitch blanket in March, and frogged it in April when it had become a 15 stitch blanket that didn’t lay flat and looked too crappy to gift to charity. The “replacement” blanket is now about 2/3rds done and is well into the bore me to tears stage. Which didn’t stop me from casting on a Hemlock Ring blanket, which will also end up baby sized. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/275 "2011-05-01T12:06:26Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Finally, got a working camera. [HERE](http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n563/BroomBroomstick/TropicalDelightBlanket.jpg) is my finally completed blanket! Pretty! Love the colors. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/276 "2011-05-01T15:53:43Z")
i’m working on a biggie pillow for my newest cousin. he arrived yestaurday! i had the blanket and sweater done, just one more panel for the pillow and away it will go… ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/277 "2011-05-01T18:49:44Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > One stitch at a time. Of course one stitch at a time! My problem is I’m such a flibbertigibbet that those stitches get spread over all the different projects I have on the needles and nothing big seems to get done just the smaller projects. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/278 "2011-05-01T23:20:35Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Finally, got a working camera. [HERE](http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n563/BroomBroomstick/TropicalDelightBlanket.jpg) is my finally completed blanket! Amazing. Truly a labor of love. I cast on Juneberry yesterday and the yarnovers are driving me nuts already. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/279 "2011-05-02T00:03:36Z")
Eh, This bag I am making for my karate school’s earthquake relief fundraiser REFUSES to felt. W.T.F. I used Wool of the Andes and Cascade 220, two of the most reliable felters out there. GRRRRRR. Ok, kids, third time’s the charm. I am going to felt this thing come hell or high water. You can see it in its unfelted form [here](http://www.ravelry.com/projects/heycrochet/seido-logo-ipad-case) ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-yarn-stashes-current-projects-maybe-yes-yarn/560897/280 "2011-05-02T00:44:19Z")
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