princessdeia

January 14th 2009
Filed under 101 Things, General, Socks

I have to admit, I don’t use Ravelry to it’s full potential. Occasionally, I will test out a new feature (I am currently loving the twitter status updates), but there are tools I never use. I tend to just use the project or stash tabs, and the forums. This weekend I decided to export my stash into excel – all done with the one click. After adding a quick equation, I discovered I have six and a half miles of yarn!

As most of this is sock yarn and I am attempting to decrease this stash by mile, I figured four pairs of socks and a hat (mainly because of the cold snap in London this month) is about 1760 yards.

Rather than digging into my core stash, I opted to start knitting with my newest yarn acquisition, the Scarlet Fleece I got from my Sosesaswa pal. Speaking on Sosesaswa before Christmas, Jen set me an extra gift as part of the swap, a handmade DPN case, some needles and stitch markers.

December 11th 2008
Filed under General, Stash Enhancement, Swaps

Whilst I should be rushing around at the moment buying gifts for other people I seem to have recently got a few gifts for me. First off as part of the Sosesaswa, I received this wonderful parcel of goodies (and the yarn above), included in the parcel was a knitting mystery novel, a cute sock purse, soap, stitch markers and everything I need to make my own stitch markers. (Jen also included instructions). The yarn is Scarlet Fleece in the most amazing teal colour (I mentioned in my questionnaire this is my favourite colour at the moment), she also included a pattern for Garden Trellis Socks.

I have also been treating myself to some Cashmerino Aran (Why am I only discovering this yarn now) which I should be turning into hats over Christmas.