I’m a member of a yahoo group, FtWayneFreecycle, where people can offer, or ask for things. The group was created to keep stuff out of land fields, so, instead of throwing stuff away, you send a message to the group, and if someone wants it, they reply, you set up a time to exchange (normally they come and pick it up), and it’s gone!
Now I can’t claim to be the ‘greenest’ person, but I do take advantage when I can. So the other day, a lady sent a message to the group that she was making a blanket, and would take any yarn that someone wanted to get rid of. Well, I had some yarn from my beginning knitting days that I doubt I would have ever used. And, getting rid of it, is the perfect opportunity to buy other awesome yarn!!
So, I sent her a message (not knowing exactly what I had to offer up, but knowing I had something) and got all of my (mostly acrylic) yarn that I didn’t have any plans for, or wasn’t really all that excited about having, and put it in a bag.
She was grateful to take if off of my hands, and I was grateful that it would be put to use and not sitting in a basket, or my hanging yarn storage (that is really for shoes) collecting dust. Now (when I finish at least one or more WIP’s (works in progress)) I can buy more awesome yarn from my favorite LYS!!!
De-Stashing!!! March 4, 2009
Knitting Plans January 15, 2009
So, you saw all of the awesome yarn that I got for the swap, well, I already have plans for all of that yarn. With the malabrigo, I will be making an A-Lined Cardigan. With the Manos Del Uruguay, I will be making a Chevron Scarf. With the bamboo yarn, I will be making a lace scarf, I have a couple that I want to choose from. With the Patons, I will be making the Central Park Hoodie (which I’ve already mentioned). With the Noro, I will be making an entrelac scarf!! With the Araucania, I’m still undecided, I have a couple of options, socks, a scarf, a beret (probably a couple), but the yarn is so pretty, I’m going to stalk ravelry until I find the perfect pattern for this awesome yarn!
The Swap… January 14, 2009
So La and I had our swap on December 26th, and it was awesome. She made me a shrug, an awesome felted bag (that I plan on carrying this weekend), fingerless mitts, and a black wedge scarf (that I will have soon 
)!! She also bought me a ton of yarnny goodness, 5 skeins of Malabrigo,
2 skeins of Manos Del Uruguay,
2 skeins of Noro Kureyon,
2 skeins of Patons for the CPH,
2 skeins of bamboo (very soft and silky) yarn,
and one skein of Araucania.
She bought me a really cool wrap:
A pair of addi needles, my absolute favorites, a pair of Harmony Straights, probably my third favorite (if I’m not considering price). A push row counter (very used already), darning needles, hand made stitch markers, two leather journals, Krush Groove (hip-hop classic), incense, a candle, and a ton of goodies. I’m trying to recall everything from memory, so I may have forgotten some things, but long story short, this was the best swap ever!!
