Warm Ewe Up: Blog Question #2

The current blogging question for the Warm Ewe Up swap:
If you could only knit or crochet with one brand of yarn for the rest of the year, what would it be and why?

I thought about this a bit. Do I pick my favorite yarn? And what, in fact, is that? But I decided to go with my first instinct...

This is not my favorite yarn, but it is my favorite overall yarn. It's the most versatile yarn I've ever used, and comes in a huge range of colors. I could use it for an entire year and pretty much make anything I wanted to make (I couldn't do without felting for a whole year!)....

My choice? Cascade 220. 'Nuf said.

SP12: Question of the Week #4

1) What yarn (that you don’t have/haven’t used) would make your stash “complete”?
My stash is a constant work in progress. Unfortunately I'm a collector (that's a nice term for it... perhaps "pack rat" is more appropriate) and building a yarn stash really taps into that. So the answer to the question is... my stash will never be "complete."

2) What yarn do you never want to be without?
A good basic 100% wool (or wool + other feltable fibers) that felts well. Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride. Cascade 220. Anything like that. And, of course, in a range of colors....

My Yarn Stash

I love hoarding things, and knitting and sewing seem to exacerbate my condition. It's just lovely to look at a mound of gorgeous yarn waiting for me to find the perfect project... Here is a photo of the organized part of my stash -- the stuff that's appropriate for the public to see.

Of course there's also the seamy underbelly to my stash -- odds (some are very odd) and ends scattered about the house. Many that I'll probably not use again... Although my nieces (Lani & Pauline) want to learn to knit. Some of those odd bits of yarn might be perfect for that use...