My hat pile is growing again! I still haven't been motivated to pick up my WIP sweater, so hats it is! One of my biggest frustrations in trying to use up my stash is the colors. I started a hat adding additional colors as I needed them. It made random stripes. It was almost finished, I was ready to begin decreasing for the top, & I decided I didn't like it. So it was frogged to the "roll" part. It wasn't a total loss. I picked up from that point & made stripes again, this time they were all the same number of rows. I've decided I like the symmetrical appearance MUCH better!
Its not using up the small leftovers, though. The frugal (read: cheap!) side of me won't throw them away, because there is just too much there not to use them! Now my problem is that most of my larger scrap balls are white & off-white. I don't mind these colors, but it will get rather boring making all the hats in just those 2 main colors! Some of my other scraps look just hideous with any other colors. Where did these come from anyway?!
Just in case you are wondering why I just don't buy more, I am on a self imposed yarn fast until I use up a good amount of my leftovers! Although, at this point I may have to invest in 1 or 2 more "main" colors, just to help move things along! <grin>
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I keep trying to go on a yarn fast, but something always comes along that needs a different color or shade than I have in my stash. I look at it this way; if we keep trying, we're at least keeping it down a bit. :)
It is of course a wonderful plan to use up all your leftovers. My grandmother always used her's to make blankets, plain and simple, straight up knitting, no exciting pattern involved. They are beautiful and extremely warm. She doubled up her yarn, one being a solid constant color and the other being whatever she could find. Everyone in the family has at least one. Mine is larger than my queen sized comforter. Thanks grandma!
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