Expansion, stash. Boy, did I ever fall off the Stashalong wagon.
Edit: Due to multiple requests for information on the yarn, here’s what we have, clockwise and starting with the skein Chaos is sniffing. That’s Sleeping Dragon sock yarn, color Purple Night, from A Swell Yarn Shop. Next are two skeins of Fleece Artist (colors H and MR) from Simply Socks. Then a skein of superwash sock yarn (color Carnival) from Brooklyn Handspun. Next are two skeins of Treadsoft sock yarn (colors Black Pearl and RoseGarden2) from ebay seller lotusblossom. Finally, two skeins of Schaefer Anne (colors Purple Waters and Watercolors), also from A Swell Yarn Shop. Whee!
Earplugs, a must-have so that the cat-owning urban condo dweller can get some decent sleep.
Espresso. Really, what needs to be said? Ahh….
Exercise. Alas, I have shamefully neglected my exercise routine this winter.
Chaos is so cute. I love the picture of him on the treadmill.
Fleece Artist should be permanently exempted from any Stashalong intentions. Who can resist it?
They should make kitty treadmills with a dangling mouse as incentive. 🙂 There you go. Invent that and you could be RICH. With Chaos as a spokescat you can’t lose.
Whadya get?? Whadya get? Inquiring minds (and stashalongers getting the shakes) want to know!
The treadmill picture is totally priceless!
I’m also curious to know what the unlabeled yarn is.. its gorgeous!!
Oh Chaos is so cute in the exercise bike! Does he really make a lot of noise at night?
Yep, you did fall off the wagon but at least you did it in style 🙂
Anne and Fleece Artist in the same photo. I need to catch my breath.
Who risky – leaving your yarn on the floor with the kitty! 🙂 Love the pictures of Chaos -especially on the bike.
You fell off the wagon – I’m about ready to jump off! I have a really stressful couple of weeks and I’m thinking of rewarding myself with a kit from Poetry in Stitches…..
I recognized that Schaeffer – love that stuff! I’ve got to get me some of that Black Pearl!
Chaos is already pretty cute but if he started working out…wow. He’d be one hot cat!
Chris~~Why do you do this to me!?!?! Not only am I on a stash busting sock knitting KAL, but I am also on a yarn diet!!!! How can I stay true to my diet when you are flashing all these yummy yarns–and with links to where I can get them?! ;o)
I guess if you have to fall, you might as well fall for a whole lot. At least, the soft, yummy goodness will break your fall!
whee! look at all those yarnshop links – thanks for sharing them. i think that you can be forgiven for the stash expansion exercise 😉
Wow, that was a large thud! I so want to fall of the wagon . . . but I’m so close, and you told me about it in the first place . . . waaaaaaaah!
Pretty yarn tho. =)
You really did do it up big. Don’t you love Karen’s yarn (Sleeping Dragon)? She brought some to SnB last night and I feel for it. I think it’s the same color, too!
Nice choices. I would definitely fall off the stash wagon, too, if I were you!
“wow, I really can’t believe how much yarn is here… and it’s mine, all mine!” Chaos is too cute!
My kitty is a manx mix with a little nub for a tail; I’m pretty sure she would be so jealous of the stash enhancement photo – yarn on the floor and a tail, that Chaos sure has it all!
I second Margene, Karen’s Sleeping Dragon yarn is fabulous.
I love Chaos on that treadmill! and oddly enough, those earplugs. I’ve got some in my purse. What? I have verra good hearing and loud noise drives me insane.
Did. not. look. at. yarn.
that sock virus … you got it real bad this time!
oooh, sock yarn links…..
No, I must be strong! I’ll just click on one or two of them…..
Oh Chris. You didn’t have to buy that black purl for me! THANK YOU! 😉
Whew! You fell off the Stashalong wagon with style! 😉 I love that Schaefer Anne. And your espresso machine!! A girl after my own heart. 😉 Thank goodness for caffeine! Take care, Chris! 🙂
Woo hoooo ahhhh whats a little yarn here and there heheh
Lordy, Lordy, I’m going to have to check out some links to new (to me) yarn stores………
Great stash expansion……….
I had to sit down after seeing all the yummy yarn.
Love your pictures, especially the treadmill one. I am going to print it out and show it to my cat Molly. Do you think she would get the hint?
“E” is also for: “entertaining” – what you and Chaos are for me every day, “enigma” what Chaos is to lots of non-internet-enabled cats, “ecclectic” – your sock yarn acollection, “excited” – for our knitting get together on the 19th!!
Ah, but what a wonderful wagon to fall off of!
Oh wow. I can’t wait to see how the RoseGarden2 knits up. The colors are beautiful!
Gorgeous yarn! What a way to fall off the wagon.
Great colours! I like the Fleece Artist too, it looks like it has a wonderful quality for socks!
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Chaos trying out the exercise equipment is too funny ;o) I don’t think he’ll get the hang of it anytime soon. But then, he IS a cat… I can imagine him saying: ‘It isn’t exercise unless I can knock it over, bat it under a cabinet, or chew the tail off of it ;o)’
You do have sheepie sheets!
Are those your sheets pictured with the earplugs? I love them!!
I am drooling over your yarn here…
Don’t let Chaos operate the controls! LOL!
Hey if you’re going to fall off the Stashalong, at least do it right, and you definitely did it right. Nice yarn!
Hey there Chris! Love the stash expedition. Stashalong, schmashalong, I say! (Okay, not really as I’m trying to tone down the stash this year … ) Love that post you made a few posts ago about your blogalogue. 🙂 PS, can you send me your address? In a non-stalker kind of way. (jeniferorama AT gmail DOT com) Thanks! ….
PS, that’s me, Jenifer of cast on cast off (silly old anonymous button)
Love all of your new yarn and no wonder you couldn’t resist it. Chaos looks like he is enjoying excercising too.
Chris,
The last one was me wendy g.
I just got some Sleeping Dragon sock yarn, too! LOVE IT!!
Nice stash enhancement!
Diana
I won’t tell anyone you fell off the wagon. 🙂
As for Chaos…no wonder! He’s in better shape than me!
Exercise should be left to trained professionals.
Mmmmmm…lovely yarn!
GORGEOUS new yarns! you lucky gal you! And for goodness sakes, teah the cat how to use the exercise equipment! ; )
This is cruel, to bait me like this. I can’t watch.
Way to go! What a fab way to fall off the wagon. Gorgeous yarn. I’m jealous.
At least your exercise bike is getting used, maybe not by you but looks to me like Chaos is having a ball 🙂
Stashing along is overrated. Sock yarn is not. Keep buying.
Now I’m all hot for some of the Treadsoft — damn it. Must. Not. Buy. More. Yarn.