More Cheap Stash

I frogged another sweater. A cotton one. I got 501 gms of a nice sport weight 100 % cotton yarn. Which is 17.6722 ounces. Just a bit over a pound. Have no idea what I'll sued it for, but something will come along some day!

And here's some yarn I got for like $4.





The MicroSpun is such bright colors. That alone made this bag of yarn a gonga!
The Sierra is a sock yarn that I can use for something or toes and heels on a pair of socks. Baby socks, too, for the more conservative baby... The Magnifique is a wool rayon blend that I have no idea what to do with. And the sparkly stuff is that nasty scratch stuff you find in a lot of holiday knits used as accents. I thought it might look good combined with some wool for a fulled bag.... Have to experiment with it.

And again, there was no knitting in this house yesterday. The partially done fulled Mary Jane lies on the floor weeping. And the scarf calls to me from upstairs. The other two Good Will sweaters will just have to wait until I need another couple days free from knitting, but not free from fiber!

I also bought a couple plastic place mats to make sock blockers out of. Once I have created a blocker pattern that reflects the measurements of my foot then I'll explore making them out of a thin wood. I really like the idea of having sock blockers to try my socks on as I'm knitting them! Much more graceful than my human foot struggling past the DPNs!

Cha Ching!

I took a break from knitting yesterday and ran some errands. Then I decided to stop at some re-sale stores, Savers and Goodwill. Glad I did. I found four sweaters and a bag of LionBrand Microspun! The best of the sweaters I've almost completely frogged. It's a bulky wool. Haven't knit up a swatch yet to see if it's superwash or not. But there's a lot of it. Once I finish, I'll weigh it all. I'll share pics of each sweater as I work through them.

March 7, 2007

Yarn-cycling

I didn't get a whole lot of knitting done yesterday as housecleaning rudely interrupted my life. We cleaned out the linen closet yesterday and got rid of a bunch of half sets of sheets, extra pillow cases, etc.

My son and I took them too the local resale shop and of course had to brouse around. Saw the sweaters and thought, "Hmmmm, wonder if there is anything there I could recycle for the yarn?" Well, I found a nice lavendar sweater made from Shetland wool. It was kinda scratchy, but I thought a good wash with some hair conditioner in the final rinse would get rid of the scratchies from all the dry cleaning.

I spent all afternoon, picking out seams, trying not to clip the the yarns. I succeed relatively well. To my great dismay, though, the front of the sweater, a cardigan, had not been knit to size. It was cut and a ribbon sewn in as a facing. However, the sleeves and back were knit as one piece. I got the ribbed collar off and started unravelling. I put it right on the swift.

I got 163 gm/5.75 oz of fingering weight lavendar Shetland yarn for $4.99 and some of my time. Was it a good investment? Probably for the amount of money I spent and my time is my own investment. Would I do it again? Possibly if I found a really pretty color, or very nice yarn. Should you do it? Most definately if only for the experience of knowing how to do it. OH, and the wash and hair conditioner did make it nice and soft!

I did get far enough on my sock to start the cuff, so I have about two rows of cuff done now. Maybe I can work on it in bits and pieces today. We're going to see Ghost Rider today. I like Nick Cage and am not adverse to comic book hero movies.