wips

Cleaned out the "wip box" last night. It's one of those canvas cubes. I have two. One holds dishcloth yarn and needles, ready at a moment's notice in the living room. The other lives in the bedroom, since that's where all the serious knitting has been happening in the new apartment. So, from the box. I relegated the 95% done Sampler into the yarn bags in the closet. The first 3" of the Backgammon Tote and the first 1" of a lengthwise steeked shawl were unceremoniously pulled from their needles and also shoved into the yarn bags. I didn't unravel them. One day when I organize the yarn bags.

(The yarn bags, incidentally, are giant Ziplocs with handles. I have four of them full, I think. One is acrylic yarn for charity projects. One is finished charity projects from my knitting group this spring that are still! waiting to be dropped off. Then two are "nice" yarn and some old WIPs that are squarely on their way to being UFOs.) This is my whole stash. I think. I would love to put it all in a spreadsheet. Although, knowing me, I'd put it all in there and then never update it. But it would still be cool to see it all listed out in one place. Or scary. Although I know mine is miniscule compared to many.

The cleaning out of the box was spurred by casting on a new project and having nowhere to put it. :) I'm doing the cable & rib mitts from Spring 06(?) IK in Classic Elite Inca Alpaca. I bought this yarn in Oklahoma City while visiting the in-laws last Christmas, at Gourmet Yarn Co.

Yarn to be ordered in the near future includes a buttload of sportweight red, cream & green for fair isle Christmas stockings, another buttload of something for a casual sweater for moi and then, maybe, something black & smooth for the #19 sweater from the new VK. (The dark cabled cardigan. Love it. The button band looks a little too chunky, but of course the model is wearing a size small so I think in the 2x it should look fine.)