**Edited the details of my stash below**

Okay this is freaky.... Over the weekend I thought "I'm gonna take some photo's of my stash and put them on my blog!"

I've never thought about doing that before because my stash.... compared to some other knitters.... is pretty small (but growing all the time!).

So last night I laid it all out on my bed, took some photo's and uploaded them to Flickr with the intention of blogging about it today at work.

And what should appear in my Inbox this morning? An e-mail from my swap hostess outlining the next contest... Flash Your Stash!!

Am I psychic or WHAT?!?!?



Top Row left to Right:
x1 purple/pink/red variegated & x1 Black Cheapo Acrylic Yarn - I think I planned to mix these together to make a Lacey caplet... but just never got around to it, and probably wont because its not great stuff. The only thing I've used it for so far is as lifelines and scrap yarn to hold stitches!

Moda Vera Burro x3 Black - I was going to make an anthropology caplet from the Crafster forums with the Romantica mixed in to give it some shine... then i was going to make the circular shrug (also from Crafster) then i started that baby blue sweater... which is very similar to the Burro yarn (its got that wispy shiny stuff in it) and now I'm too scared to use it for the fear that I'll hate it as much as I hate that blue stuff!!

Cats %100 mohair x4 light blue - I was gifted this in another swap, unfortunately its very scratchy when knitted up. I started to do a candle flame shawl with it and had to stop. I have no idea what I'm going to use this in. Its too scratchy to go anywhere near skin so it wont be a wearable item... can you felt mohair?? Probably not!

Moda Vera Romatica x2 black with sliver flecks - was going to mix in with the Burro, but this could possibly make an interesting bolero or One Skein Wonder from Glampyre. I have something similar that I bought from Supre that I wear out a bit.

Random leftovers of Paton's Feathers from when I first started knitting in purple, black & blue. This is the stuff that started my obsession. I was working at Big W at the time and you wouldn't believe the volume of this stuff that would come through my checkout. And people would come in with scarves made out of the stuff... and the colours you could get were so fantastic! Unfortunately its quite hard to knit, but I didn't know this cos I'd never used anything else. It wasn't until i branched out that i realised what hell I'd put myself through. My first "scarf" from this stuff was 60 sts wide... uh huh! I had no idea. Its really a shawl, and its got lots of holes in it that I doctored up afterwards by stitching together. I had no idea how to pick up stitches and whenever i dropped one I'd get so depressed!! HA HA

2nd Row:
My Fishtail scarf UFO with Morehouse Merino in Variegated green colours (Fern Colourway i think) there's about 400 yards on that ball still to go! I don't know that I'll ever finish it... I think it should probably be something else. Maybe a symmetrical Mystery Stole 3 - who knows, I'd have to have nothing else on my plate to get back to working with this... and I don't see that happening anytime soon!

Sean Sheep Flinders x2 in black - I have no freaking idea why I bought this stuff, its very similar to Patons Zhivago but not as nice. I made a Panta headband out of some of this and where it sits against my forehead gets itchy, so now i'm afraid to make anything from it that will be near my skin.

Lincraft winter warmth x1 red & x1 navy blue. I forget what kind of yarn that is but its very thin, i think it might be a blend of wool and mohair but its nothing like my other mohair this stuff is silky soft. I bought them to mix together to make a Panta headband for my Sister In law... but was rightfully questioned by my hubby about the colours, they're not her at all she wouldn't have liked it.

Cleckheaton Merino Spun %100 Merino wool x1 in a tealy colour and 1/4 leftover ball in purple. I think these were leftovers from a scarf project also for SIL. This wool is quite nice, very soft but I think it would get softer with multiple washes. I did have that Teal ball in mind for another Isabau Purse (previous attempt at this was with the vomit yarn!) which I think is better suited to it... if I ever get that far! Might try and incorporate the leftover purple colour into it as well.

Leftover 1/2 ball of Jo Sharp Soho %100 cotton in Burgundy. Not really sure what will happen to this, there's not quite enough of it left to do anything with.

My new %100 Mongolian cashmere from my swap Buddie! I think I will either use this for a pair of socks (but that seems like a bit of a waste of really soft yarn and I'm not sure how well it would hold up with all the wear socks get) or a scarf pattern in the magazine my Buddie gave me.... I'm leaning towards the scarf because at least then it would be nice and soft against my neck :):)

3rd Row:
my Merino wool x5 balls & 1 hank in pink & brown that I haven't wound up yet. I did a test swatch of this and then dyed it all brown. It worked pretty good, the pink bits went a light brown which I think looks marginally better. I'm considering abandoning this for the Something Red pattern and using it instead for the Curves Tank Top. I'm hoping that working in the round will produce a more stripey pattern rather than splotches. Then I can use the leftovers for things like a Calo or another pair of fetching or maybe another scarf.

I don't remember the kind of yarn the huge white ball is but it has flecks of iridescent material all through it which gives it a bit of a shine... i was going to make a shawl or something out of this for my wedding but I ended up with a dress that had capped sleeves with beads and dimontes on it which I could see catching on a shawl so I didn't bother with it. The weather was nice that day so I didn't need any warm coverage anyway. I have no idea what to use this for now, I once considered it for another Anthropology caplet but its another possible project that I dont think I'd ever get around to.

Sean Sheep Armyatage x2 in blue variegation. I think I initially bought this with the My So Called Scarf in mind, but the wool isn't great quality and it feel very scratchy and itchy in ball form... it might get softer with blocking or a wool wash.

Sean Sheep Ayers x4 & bit in Baby Blue. I've already used about 6 balls of that stuff to make the top down jumper that you see there. Which i HATE!! It leaves all of those fluffy bits everywhere and they sparkle a bit so they really stand out! It didn't look so bad as a swatch at the store but when i started to knit it up I really didn't like it, and it's actually a bit hard to knit, not that I cant see what I'm doing but that it really makes my hands hurt - which has never happened to me before. I don't see myself ever finishing it... EVER.

Last item next to the blue monstrosity is 4 hanks of %100 Egyptian cotton, which I thought was going to be silver, not half silver and half pale pink - Grrr! One of the downsides to buying off of Ebay! I bought it cos I was going to try and modify the Something Red pattern to accommodate the smaller Stitch Per Inch gage that it is. After I did a proper one with the pink & brown. That has since gone out the window given how well my modifications never work. So I'm thinking that it might work nicely for Glyampyres Oringana. see Knit & Tonic's version HERE