The Second Quarter Stash-Dash

Knitting through one's entire knitting stash is a bit daunting if one has a large stash, but what if one had a small, manageable stash?  Or, in my case, lots and lots of small, manageable stashes?

To sort of re-motivate myself and my Cold Sheepers, I have challenged them to a second quarter "Stash-Dash."  The idea is to fill a box, basket, or bin with the amount of yarn one feels one could reasonably knit by July 1, and knit it all up by July 1.

Yesterday I put together this:
which, aside from the skeins already in progress (which will be about 1250 yards of yarn when finished), the basket contains 3226 yards of yarn to be used up by July 1.  It's not as much as I need to be on target for 25,000 yards this year, but it's more than I'm currently averaging, so it is still a challenge.  And if I'm successful, all of this
will be out of the knitting stash!

And thanks to some dedicated knitting today, the body of Andy's sweater is done,
 I've started the first sleeve,
and have already started using one of my stash-dash skeins. I think this should be rather fun, and it's nice to really see things moving out of the stash.  I like the idea so much I might try it with fabric later.  Starting with the fleece projects.............

Comments

Meredith said…
Great idea Toni! I know you can do it. Hope you have a wonderful weekend,
Meredith
April 9, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Janet said…
Great Idea, maybe I should do this, actually have already, lol. I have two stacking bins from Shopko that is full of Peaches and cream cotton for dishcloths for the craft/bake sale this fall at my church. I already have 30 dishcloths knitted and ready to go. Probably have enough for another 50 so will have lots to donate. Right now I also have the Queen Silvia shawl being knitted up in Natural/Bare laceweigth from KnitPicks. This is an order for a
Easter present for one of the oncology Dr.'s wife this year. I am already almost 3/4 way finished with it, in 4 days. Keep on knitting! Hope you had fun for the retreat!
April 12, 2011 at 8:09 PM
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