A good start

What a fun and interesting week this has been. I dove into the task of identifying, organizing, and documenting my stash, but I was in for a few surprises. For instance, on the first day, I went into the bottom bin of my craft drawers and found a bag from WEBS with four balls of beautiful sock yarn.

Good golly. Really? I had completely forgotten that I bought these last year when I began my sock craze. It was closeout yarn at great prices, and I had very good intentions, but once in the drawer they were out of my mind. The skeins in the top photo are called Ocala Beach and the ones on bottom are called Hickory. They are both Classic Elite Yarns' Summer Sox made of 40% merino wool, 40% cotton and 20% nylon. So beautiful and soft! It beats me what I was planning to do with them, so I won't worry about it now. Maybe socks, maybe a scarf or wristlet or shawl. We'll see.

Another happy surprise was the Paton's Silk & Bamboo DK yarn in Almond. I knew I had leftover yarn from a scarf I had made my mother years ago, but I didn't realize how much of it I had left; almost an entire ball, for some reason all cut up into separate balls. ????? Who knows.

Now, here's the best part. Last week, I met a lady making a lovely kerchief/scarf using one strand of this yarn along with one strand of a ladder yarn. Well, wouldn't you know it? I had a skein of Premier Yarn's CityLife ladder yarn that I had purchased last month, thinking I would make some kind of jewelry from it. Pshaw! Forget the jewelry. I decided to start the Cozy Striped Kerchief  (a free pattern from Patons) using these two yarns. The CityLife color is called Feline, and it combines silver with squares of light blue, brown, tan, and black:

 

 

So, I started the Kerchief on 2/21, and here's what it looks like so far:



 

 

 

 

 

I love it!