Q: What is your process when planning a project? Do you shop for yarn and then find a suitable pattern? Do you find your pattern and then go out to buy the yarn? Or are you stash-busting? If your stash is out of control, how did it get that way?
Lots of good questions this week, and i have to say, i never quite thought about this one!
On the other hand, dealing with comes naturally as a knitter. In practise, i usually find a great pattern, and then go out and decidedly buy wool to the requirements of it.
The exception is sock yarn, which i buy in advance, and later decide on a pattern to knit it in. I do this because i find it hard to buy expensive wool, and then later find out that i need more/less for a certain project, but it is impossible to match the dye lot (or even the yarn itself, if you buy abroad). I like having everything planned out.
With sock yarn, 100g are always enough, so that saves me the planning and i go yarn-mad.
Lately i had an exception to this rule, and i bought the most extraordinary amount of kidsilk on ebay (ba-aa-aa-ad for my budget). Oh my god, receiving this packet was surely one of the most exciting days last year!!! But i still haven't cast on, simply because i cannot decide on a pattern.
I am trying to find that perfect lacey cardigan to match this truly gorgeous yarn, but nothing has hit me yet. Well, i'll just continue stroking the yarn ever so slightly every now and then.
In conclusion, my stash is limited. No yarn closet for me :)
I have some left-over green aran wool, from a pullover i made for my boyfriend, some chunky brown yarn from a jacket for my mum, two or three skeins of sock yarn, and well, about 26 skeins of kidsilk *blush*
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