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Stash busting

August 24, 2010 by Lynette

I confess – I’ve accumulated an ENORMOUS amount of yarn.  I had taken pictures of my stash back in February – I must have at least two (maybe even three) times as much yarn now.

Among the yarn I’ve collected – a large box of yarn my mother sent me when my aunt Esther B. went into assisted living.

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Box of yarn from Aunt Esther B.

So, the “stash busting” began with a phone call from my mother.  A woman (who I don’t know) had asked my Aunt Esther B. if she’d like to make a baby blanket for this woman to give as a gift at a baby shower.  Aunt Esther replied that she didn’t think she did.  Mom asked if I’d like to.  My initial thought was “No, of course not!  Why would I want to make a baby blanket for someone I don’t know to give to someone else I don’t know?”

But then I realized – HEY!  This is an opportunity to get rid of some of that yarn I don’t know what to do with!  I just CAN’T throw out yarn.  I can’t!  It’d be fiber blasphemy of some sort.

I’d already used some of the yarn received from Aunt Esther B. for a sweater for Aunt Esther B.  Now I can use more! 

I hadn’t even finished the first baby blanket when Mom emailed me asking if I’d make another one for her to give as a gift.  Sure!  I was able to make FOUR baby blankets out of the box of yarn, using only a little yarn from my other stash, and now I have only about 1.5 skeins left over.

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Stash-busting baby blankie #1

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Stash-busting baby blankie #2

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Stash-busting baby blankie 3

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Stash-busting baby blankie #4

I made a necklace for a coworker’s birthday.

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Rose necklace for Veronica

A great friend (and coworker) had a birthday today – and I made her a shrug.

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Merril's birthday bolero

My AMAZING cleaning lady/friend Sam asked if I’d “fix” her friend’s bracelet.  She liked some of the beads on it – but not all.  Here’s what I came up with.  I used four of the original beads, and the rest came from my stash. 

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"Fixed" bracelet using some of the original beads, some from my stash

That’s not all I’ve been up to… I made myself some things as well (of course!)

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Fancy-pants trellis scarf made of metallic/boucle yarn

A second attempt at a shrug I’d made a year ago.  Not perfect, but better than the shrugly shrug I made the first time!  Progress!

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Second attempt at the "shrug springs eternal"

Before I added the ribbons, I used some little “in-line links” for a closure.

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Little "in-line links"

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Posted in Knot misbehaving | Tagged crochet, yarn | 3 Comments

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  1. on August 24, 2010 at 5:07 pm chriscleo

    nice. i especially like the bottom blankie! 🙂


  2. on August 25, 2010 at 4:26 pm Sam

    Wow, the shrug is beautiful!!! The baby blankets are so cute! 🙂


  3. on October 1, 2010 at 12:01 pm Hooker’s slump « Crazy cat lady blogging

    […] my last post, I’ve crocheted several items.  Most didn’t turn out well and were frustrating […]



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