January 5, 2008

• Oops.

  Inspired by Nicole & Jenny, Knit from your Stash 2007, and Stash knit down 2008 (sorry, that link is for Ravelers only, but you get the gist), I was going to try and do some serious stash busting this year. Mine is not overly big, but it’s big enough that I shouldn’t have to buy yarn for a good while. Well, it’s January 5th and I’ve already failed, haha. I’m on a quick trip to CS with my brother and brought along the Pinnate Shoulder Shawl. I got some good work done on it:

  
  (The tape measure is measuring one foot.)

  There’s only one problem:

  

  Crappers. Out of yarn. Did I plan ahead well enough to bring the other skein? Nope. I do have my A&M scarf with me, but that’s only to be worked on during A&M sporting events. Leaving me project-less for the rest of the weekend and the two-hour car ride home. No bueno. Luckily, I happen to know exactly where the B/CS LYS is, so I stopped in and picked up this:

  

  which is now on its way to becoming a pair of Tidal Wave Socks:

  

  The yarn is SWTC’s TOFUtsies, which is made from wool, cotton, soysilk, and chitin. Soysilk is made from tofu manufacturing waste, and chitin comes from the shells of crustaceans. The chitin is naturally antibacterial, making this the perfect sock yarn! So far I like the feel of the yarn a lot. It’s a bit splitty, but not too bad. Don’t count on these getting finished anytime soon, though…as soon as I get back to BR and my needle stash, I’ll be casting on some Anastasias with the yarn HH gave me for Christmas! Yay!

  Hopefully I’ll manage to keep the yarn-buying in better control for the rest of the year.

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