my stash
Posted: 03 Sep 2008 07:52 pm
Hi Cyberfriends 
guess what!! I have finally sorted my boxes of stash wool into all the different thicknesses as well as colours that are of the same group, green, blue, yellow, orange etc. I have plenty plenty black and white bundles. I have also put the different bundles into clear plastic so that I may get hold of a colour at a glance. The projects I have started is poncho's in child sizes, starting the neck border in white (say 6 rounds) then I make four rows of colour then 2 rows of white until the poncho is the correct size. I then add a border in White. I have also made a 2x2 beanie for the men at sea via our church. What I have found is when a ball of wool gets to small to do big rounds I start a granny square and add the different colours until that is the correct size. So you see my friends I am having 3 to four projects running so I never get board.
Heksie
guess what!! I have finally sorted my boxes of stash wool into all the different thicknesses as well as colours that are of the same group, green, blue, yellow, orange etc. I have plenty plenty black and white bundles. I have also put the different bundles into clear plastic so that I may get hold of a colour at a glance. The projects I have started is poncho's in child sizes, starting the neck border in white (say 6 rounds) then I make four rows of colour then 2 rows of white until the poncho is the correct size. I then add a border in White. I have also made a 2x2 beanie for the men at sea via our church. What I have found is when a ball of wool gets to small to do big rounds I start a granny square and add the different colours until that is the correct size. So you see my friends I am having 3 to four projects running so I never get board.
Heksie
I bet I'm not the only person round here who'd like you to come and sort out my stash! 
I wish I could make my self into a small ball and travel the world to meet all of you and should it be necesary I gladly would assit. I have also started sorting my material stash, next in line would be my habedashry. I was lucky enough to enherred quite a bit of such stuff from my late mother in law. At the moment the materials are mostly in boxes, and the buttons, fastners, zips etc are in icream tubs and in 2lb cookies tins. Then obviously my patterns collected over the years as well as all the craft magazines. What ever I can't make use of is packed and given to charity organizations for their white elephant stalls for fund raising. Hopefully I will be able to add some photos shortly.