I swear there is some yarn harmony rule that says for all yarn that goes into a project, more yarn must come into the stash that keeps my stash in a kind of stasis.  Now it is entirely my fault and in theory a good round of “Cold Sheeping” (A knitter’s term to describe a period of not buying more yarn) would tame my stash pretty well.  I have cut back quite a bit on how much I was thrift yarn shopping which does help with eliminating a number of one-off skeins.  However, having given up all my hand knit sweaters because they no longer fit, I decided to join a sweater club.  In theory a person who is now up to 19 socks this year should be able to knit a sweater every few months… right?

At any rate… my first sweater yarn has arrived. (Excuse my messy photo)

My plan for this yarn is to make a lovely cardigan to go with a couple new dresses.  The yarn did include a nice cardigan pattern, but I think I might swap it up with a different choice.

In other news we are now up to design 4 of 19 from the Op Art Socks Book. This one took me three attempts before I was satisfied with the color combination.  After which Ben promptly proclaimed that he liked them too.  Thankfully the man doesn’t have too big of feet.

Next up on the agenda is a project that is LONG overdue. The yarn has been in my stash since 2013 when my (now) Mother-in-Law took us to an Alpaca farm in Kansas when we were there that winter and asked me to make her a scarf.  She knits herself, and is very special to me, so a simple thing just would not due.  So the yarn has languished in my stash waiting and waiting for its time on the needles. Well its time has come… and I should be able to update the blog next time with a finished object using this very meaningful yarn.