Stash busting

Having finally finished the baby blanket I was anxious to cast on for something new. I've been looking at the stash and thinking that I should really start using up some of it . I don't have an overly large amount of yarn but enough to feel a little guilt about adding to it , especially sock yarn . There's enough there for at least 35 pairs of socks , and at the rate that I knit socks, that's about a three years worth of projects . Add to that various balls/skeins to do hats and scarfs and other small items and there really is enough to keep me busy for awhile . I seldom knit sweaters ans such so there's none of that in the stash . I do have some ideas for baby and toddler knits , thanks to now having a grandson , but there's not much in the way of yarn for that , so I can feel guilt free to add yarn whenever the mood hits . Can you tell that I was raised Catholic , guilt about something or other is never far away :0 . I'm calling 2009 my year of slow stash busting and from time to time slow stashing .

So having assessed the situation here's my first finished knit from the stash . The photo doesn't do it justice , the colour is much nicer , but it gives you an idea of the stitch pattern . This is the Forest Canopy Cowl (rav link) . It's a great pattern and the cowl length and width is perfect in my estimation . It's not too long and overly wide . I wore it on the weekend and loved it , nice and cozy . The yarn is Jo Sharp Silk Road Aran Tweed ; the colour is called wintergreen .

There's new socks already cast on and thanks to a good deal of watching sports on the tv this weekend , good progress was made on those . Photos in the next post ...