More stash....
Yes, I know, I wasn't going to buy any more yarn until I'd used a sizable proportion of my stash, but I've been feeling down, and when I feel down, I go shopping. I seem to have acquired this lot since my last stash post -
In my defence, most of it *was* bought at prices which were too good to miss - Janette has a lot to answer for, she will keep sending me emails with amazing special offers on them. Such as this
Ten balls of Jaeger Shetland Aran for just over £18 including postage. Those are 100g balls - how could I resist?
This was on the same email, for the same price -
Ten 100g balls of Yorkshire Tweed Chunky. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with either of these, but I'm sure I'll find a use for them. The Jaeger may become Rogue, but in the more immediate future, this is lined up for Rogue
Ten balls of Rowan Yorkshire Tweed Aran, again from Janette, for £24 this time. I've had my eye on this in her shop for ages, but it was about £35 there - when the email came with the special offer, I couldn't resist.
Also from Janette was this
Ten balls of Jaeger Trinity, no idea what I'm going to do with it, but there's lots of it - I think there's 200m per ball. Less than £20 for this lot.
I can't recommend Janette's service highly enough, everything I've bought has been with me by the next possible post, and emails are answered instantly. I just wish that she'd quote UK postage on her listings - she answers quickly if asked, and it is less than the US postage (she is in the UK), but it's a pain to have to keep asking.
My next major slip was at The Knit Tin, who were having a closing down sale. I could have been very bad, there were some amazing bargains, but I restrained myself to fifteen balls of Rowan All Seasons Cotton to make the Cardigan for Arwen from last autumn's Interweave - I love the pattern, and I really enjoyed knitting with ASC last summer, so I couldn't resist this for £2 per ball.
And I've been lusting after Louisa Harding's Sari Ribbon for a long time, to make the Orchis bolero, so when I saw it at £2.50 a skein, it just fell into my paypal basket. And it's PINK!
There's more pink, in the form of ten balls of Rowan Damask, to make Tulip from Rowan 41. I'm dying to start on this one, but I'm being good and finishing some other things first. Not sure how long that'll last....
This was bought a while ago, but I don't think I've posted a photo before. It's five more lots of sock yarn from the Natural Dye Studio, and it's all gorgeous. Another recommended supplier.
And finally, four balls of gorgeously soft Noro Cash Iroha, in a beautiful lilac shade - bought from ebay, sadly I can't find this shade anywhere else, I presume it's discontinued, which is a shame. I'm thinking of making a cabled scarf, possibly using the double-sided cable pattern from the Arwen cardigan.
In my defence, most of it *was* bought at prices which were too good to miss - Janette has a lot to answer for, she will keep sending me emails with amazing special offers on them. Such as this
Ten balls of Jaeger Shetland Aran for just over £18 including postage. Those are 100g balls - how could I resist?
This was on the same email, for the same price -
Ten 100g balls of Yorkshire Tweed Chunky. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with either of these, but I'm sure I'll find a use for them. The Jaeger may become Rogue, but in the more immediate future, this is lined up for Rogue
Ten balls of Rowan Yorkshire Tweed Aran, again from Janette, for £24 this time. I've had my eye on this in her shop for ages, but it was about £35 there - when the email came with the special offer, I couldn't resist.
Also from Janette was this
Ten balls of Jaeger Trinity, no idea what I'm going to do with it, but there's lots of it - I think there's 200m per ball. Less than £20 for this lot.
I can't recommend Janette's service highly enough, everything I've bought has been with me by the next possible post, and emails are answered instantly. I just wish that she'd quote UK postage on her listings - she answers quickly if asked, and it is less than the US postage (she is in the UK), but it's a pain to have to keep asking.
My next major slip was at The Knit Tin, who were having a closing down sale. I could have been very bad, there were some amazing bargains, but I restrained myself to fifteen balls of Rowan All Seasons Cotton to make the Cardigan for Arwen from last autumn's Interweave - I love the pattern, and I really enjoyed knitting with ASC last summer, so I couldn't resist this for £2 per ball.
And I've been lusting after Louisa Harding's Sari Ribbon for a long time, to make the Orchis bolero, so when I saw it at £2.50 a skein, it just fell into my paypal basket. And it's PINK!
There's more pink, in the form of ten balls of Rowan Damask, to make Tulip from Rowan 41. I'm dying to start on this one, but I'm being good and finishing some other things first. Not sure how long that'll last....
This was bought a while ago, but I don't think I've posted a photo before. It's five more lots of sock yarn from the Natural Dye Studio, and it's all gorgeous. Another recommended supplier.
And finally, four balls of gorgeously soft Noro Cash Iroha, in a beautiful lilac shade - bought from ebay, sadly I can't find this shade anywhere else, I presume it's discontinued, which is a shame. I'm thinking of making a cabled scarf, possibly using the double-sided cable pattern from the Arwen cardigan.