What's Next

I am getting over the loss of the Shopping Tunic. Sigh. I'm trying to focus on what's next. Now, I admit I'm a big goody-goody. I've always been one to follow the rules. What I'm not always at good at is setting rules for myself, but I've found 2 sites that will help motivate me: the Summer Stash Out and this great contest at Skeins Her Way (if you enter her contest, tell her I sent you from this blog!). So here are my summer knitting goals and stash out rules:

1. to finish at least 2 Christmas presents

2. to finish a version of iCutie for my older daughter, who requested it

3. to only knit from my stash from now until Labor Day, which means

• no buying any yarn, books, or magazines
  
• I will allow myself an exception for some Habu fine merino that had already been ordered by a yarn store for me but won't come in till sometime this summer
  
• I will allow myself an exception for any yarn I may need to make the Christmas presents
  
• gifts and trades do not count
  

4. to finish putting up the stash I don't really intend to use at all on the Destash Blog.

Okay, if I manage to do these (and #3 will be really, really hard for me), I will allow myself to buy all the supplies for a project from my queue, plus either a book or new mag on Labor Day.

Now, here's an accounting of my stash (not including small leftover skeins)


These are the ones for which I have an actual project in mind. What you see are 3 Alan Dart kits, some reddish-orange Rowan Wool Cotton for Pam, various yarns for a spring leaf-motif scarf, some Cotton-Ease for a new iCutie, and a mound of black Classic Elite Gatsby for the Diagonal Twist Princess-seam Jacket from Loop-d-loop


Next up are yarns for which I have no specific project in mind. I had bought a 10-ball bag of each of the white and blue Rowan Calmer on eBay because it was "cheaper" that way, but I only used a fraction of up for the Soul Skirt and Juliet tank, so there's still a lot left. Likewise, I have some Sirdar Indigo left from the Blues Tank. And finally, there's miscellaneous Cotton-Ease.


Last are the parts of my stash that probably need to go to the Destash Blog. There's some leftover Berroco Touche from Lace Leaf Lite, Rowan All Seasons Cotton from the Apricot Jacket, and Jo Sharp Alapca Silk Georgette from the Cable Trim Sweater. There are various yarns that I had considered making scarves from. There's a trio of Berocco Suede and Plush that was going to be adorable baby booties that I never got around to (and my baby is now too big for booties!). And finally, there are 2 knitting-with-fabric purse kits that someone had given me, but that I know I won't use.

Whew!

Gone in a Twinkle of an Eye

I did manage to wear my Shopping Tunic--I loved it and got several compliments. But then, I tried to wash it. It was sogggyyy and was taking forever to dry, even though I tried to use towels to absorb as much water from it as I could. Well, I then got some well-intentioned "help" and--long story short--it ended up being partially felted in the dryer. So now I have this.


For reference, I laid it on top of one of my very fitted T-shirts. As you can see, the tunic is now way too small. It only took about 3 days to knit, so it wouldn't be hard to redo at some point, but I am bemoaning the loss of the yarn. Hubby suggested I let our daughter try it on, and it's kind of the right size, but it's too constrictive and stiff to wear as a top now. I thought about trying to see f I could still frog it at this point and then reknit it maybe as a purse or something that could then be felted further. Any thoughts?

Gone Shopping

Well, I got onto the Twinkle bandwagon and made myself a Shopping Tunic. I wore it today and got several complients. It's a fun little knit and one of my favorites from the book. The Gallery has all the details.

I want to make the Twiggy Tunic as well, at some point, but I'm trying to complete some other projects first.