Oh No....

So, I've almost made it 4 months without buying any yarn, and yet because I am either stupid or a masochist, I check Elann's website daily for what yarns are new, and what's coming in....all so I can know what great discount yarns I'm missing out on. I guess maybe it was just too easy to not buy yarn without facing temptation daily, I don't know, but today it just got a lot worse.

Self-patterning sock yarn is coming.

One of the things that got me hooked on knitting socks in the first place were the clever yarns that made fair isle & all sorts of patterns all by themselves. Stripes are okay, and I've had some fun with randomly variegated sock yarn, but I love the self-patterning yarns and hadn't seen them around in a while. In fact, there may have been a little hoarding of the self-patterning yarns still in my stash "just in case," though that's pure speculation. What is not to love?(I'd show you more, but while I might fiercely hoard the yarn, I give away the finished socks pretty freely..and in fact, the first picture is perhaps the only pair I've kept)

Sigh.....

Exactly why did I think not buying yarn for a year was a good idea........?

Comments

tinebeest said…
Focus focus focus! Can you see the floor in the sewing room? NO! Is the stash tamed and contained in an acceptable place without taking over the entire house? NO! Keep at the stash-busting! Keep at it! Don't take your eye of the ball(s of yarn in your stash)!

Your coach,

da beestie ;-)

Nah, seriously now: have you got any selfstriping left to take the edge off? And why is the Brussels Jacquard named after Brussels? Doesn't look anything like the place. And the Inca one looked like the old TV test image when I knitted it up, come to think of it...
April 25, 2009 at 1:37 AM
toni in florida said…
I was all set to go to my LYS' special yarn sale this morning, to see what was in the "so deeply discounted you'd be stupid to say 'no'" bins, but Friday morning, my car decided that it no longer likes 3rd gear once it has warmed up, and I have no idea how much it will cost to fix it, so I turned to your blog to help me "just say no"... and what do I find?? Self-doubt about the saying-no-ness? Say it isn't so! I need your strength and solidarity! Be strong for me!
April 25, 2009 at 7:31 AM
Qutecowgirl said…
Oh is that Crayon? (top picture) I have 2 balls left waiting for me to get to. I have been knitting and knitting and knitting and hardly buying so when does the dent start to show? I have been spinning too so I guess if I make yarn that doesn't help right? and I just bought more roving.... Maybe it should be an all out ban on fiber (and fabric wouldn't hurt either...)

=)
April 25, 2009 at 6:14 PM
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