As I mentioned yesterday, Karrie’s asked those of us who didn’t go to Rhinebeck to pull some fun things out of our stash (that we might not even remember purchasing) and pretend we’ve come back from Rhinebeck with them as wonderful new purchases. This is budget fiber festival at its very best! Because you know, I have plenty of yarn in my stash that I don’t even remember that I have. Let’s take a look at a few things, shall we?
Of course, any fiber draws a few felines around here…
I did manage a slightly less obstructed picture below. From the left, a skein of nettle yarn. Yup. Nettle. I picked that up at the At Home Store in Fairfield, Iowa, when I was there for an Anna Zilboorg workshop. I think I was planning to make some sort of bath scrubby from it, but unless this stuff gets a lot softer after washing, it would completely strip off your skin – and not in a good way.
Next is a ball of Brooks Farm Duet (mohair/wool) from the Taos Wool Festival a few years ago. It might become Clapotis at some point. Below the Duet is a small skein of La Lana Phat Silk Phat (wool/silk) picked up in Taos. This might become a very narrow little dressy scarf.
In the center, Regia Bamboo, which I picked up maybe a month ago – I’m fascinated by the idea of bamboo socks, but I’ll probably wait to knit this until spring, since right now I’m just interested in knitting warm woolly socks. Above that, May inspects a ball of Opal Zebra – I forgot I had this, but I’m very curious about what it will look like, so maybe I’ll knit it soon (of course, “soon” is subjective…).
Underneath May is a skein of laceweight silk from Blackberry Hills, purchased at Yarnover a few years ago – someday, someday, it will become a shawl (no, not Adamas :p ). Below that, three small skeins of Rovings Polwarth and silk – also from Yarnover. This would make toasty warm socks. (Hmm, I’m detecting a theme of silk here…)
Another picture of May from mid-September. She’s definitely sleeker now! She’s also has more silver-tipped fur on her legs and sides – I think she’s going to be a different sort of stealth tabby than is Chaos.
I don’t think she will be as dark as Chaos,
but, she will be just as gorgeous
and just as big.
I love the tour of gorgeous luxury yarns.
Uhm – I think there’s way more in that stash than you have shown. Tip of the iceberg perhaps??
Great yarns.. I will have to take a tour through my stash and see what I unearth.
Where’s Mermaid? Or is that too new?
So I’ve got to ask, is all your stash blue, purple, black and “earth” colors?
Where are the reds, yellows, greens and oranges?
Mmmm, Blackberry Hills yarn. I bought a skein of fingering weight wool in a rust/mud/teal colorway from her last spring at a sheep and wool festival at some fairgrounds north of St. Paul on Mother’s Day. I intended to make a lacy scarf of it to go with my brick-red winter coat, but after I got it home I decided it felt a little too scratchy. I’m still undecided, but I love the colors.
When I was buying it I noticed that her address was St. Croix Falls, so I mentioned that I live near Milltown, ~25 miles away. Turns out that she lived as a foster child with a couple who had a cabin across the lake from us. Small world.
Beautiful yarns….it’s so funny, I went to pull mine out and found: PURPLES AND PINKS AND BURGUNDIES..with a little blue and green. YOU have PURPLES AND BLUES AND BLACKS!
🙂
And of course…black kitties! What IS it about yarn that makes them sniff sniff? (I know…LAMB! or worms – silk ones, anyway?)
(((hugs)))
Now that’s some nice yarn. It was really fun not going to Rhinebeck with you!
I thought of you the other day when I was trying to take a picture of some fabric I’ve been collecting. Both of my cats planted themselves on top of it.
Man, everytime I walk into my room it’s like coming back from shopping or a fibre festival… Pretty bad! Love the zebra sock yarn, I have the tiger stripes one.
Hey! Guess what!? I don’t know how to read! My package to you got returned “no such address” because I messed it up! Loo. ser.
mmm.. I want to know more about the Regia Bamboo! What does that feel like?
Beautiful stash 🙂
Poor Mayhem – she looks so gangly in that picture. Soon she will have her adult proportions and all of that adolescent look will go away….
Mayhem –
Good work with the plant. However, we here at the East Coast Center for Feline World Domination are a little concerned about the complete lack of destruction you inflicted upon all of that yarn. Please work closely with Chaos to perfect your “yarn attack”.
And don’t worry about the silver fur… my underfur is silver, and I’m still 100% black-bad-ass-cat.
Purrs,
Cricket
Oh you most have had a wonderful time at the festival, look at all your great purchases. Maybe I will have to look for my own closet festival. That sounds kind of weird:}
Looks great. I love La Lllana – went there at least twice while I lived in Colorado. That yarn will go a long way btw – I used one of their lacy scarf patterns and I think I did the 4 oz version. The pattern was hard as hell for me at the time, but I’ve made it twice now (once in Noro Cash Iroha) and it was so so soft! It was called A Very Nice Scarf by Linda Romens. If you happened to have gotten that pattern – there’s some errata you’ll need. Let me know.
Unfortunately I lost the Phat Silk Fines scarf, so I have plans to order more. Nice to see they ordered the website.
sorry – that’s updated the website.
Diving in someone else’s stash is far more exciting than diving in mine!
Lovely non-Rhinebeck haul. It was too late when I got home last night to go stash-shopping. Maybe tonight…
OMG, I totally got lost in that last photo of Ms. May. I actually had to call a few fellow cat lovers in my office to look at her. Thanks for the afternoon cuteness!
ha! hilarious pulling out stuff out of your stash for a viewing.
brilliant.
ahh cute kitties **hugs her kitties**
Is it just me or did “fiber festival in my closet” remind anyone else of “party in my pants?” Perhaps I need more sleep….
Good idea! A fiber festival in the yarn closet!
she’s def. not as dark as chaos… at least not in pics. u think u could ever have a non-black cat?
lovely haul!
Such good helpers!
Rumpled but definitely oh so pretty.
Nice stash! When I “organized” mine I found all sorts of yarn I’d completely forgotten about. I don’t dare enter Karrie’s contest because I’m having a heck of a time not casting on something new as it is (MT doesn’t travel well).
Oh nice haul! It will be fun to see how the Opal Zebra knits up. I may have to cruise through my closet for some “purchases”.
Mayhem is just blooming with yours and Chaos’ loving care!
Love your blog, yarn stash and cats!