September 15th, 2009 
mio So, you may have noticed – because I’ve already blogged about it – that I have a fair amount of yarn.
I’m on a hat-and-scarf-making kick, so it was time to dive into the stash. I’ll tell you more about the actual hats and scarves in another post, but first, let me show you what I found while sorting the stash.
This is my Patons Melody stash, which makes up most of the yarn I’m using to make hats and scarves.
A mixed bin:
Another mixed bin:
I don’t think any of us are surprised about how much yarn this is, I mean, you saw the picture of the car!
Mom and I started out buying this yarn at Michaels, one ball each at a time, using the weekly 40% coupons, sometimes roping Dad and other unsuspecting loved ones into our plan.
Then Herrschners had a sale. I had a coupon for free shipping, and this yarn was on for an amazing price… including tax it worked out to $1.52 per ball (regular price was about $5 +tax per ball at the time, if I remember correctly).
How could we resist, really?
So Mom got some, and I got some (and I convinced some friends they should get some, too), all in one big order.
Anyhow, while sorting the stash, I noticed that I had a lot of black Melody. Two bags of 10, in fact:
(Look at that, they aren’t even opened!)
I think we’ve officially crossed into, “Boy, that’s a LOT of yarn” territory.
What’s that? What about the yarn that didn’t fit in the car? Why, yes, we do have a storage locker here, what’s your point?
Oh, ok, let’s go look. I mean, I did bring the last of the yarn home this past weekend…
Those purple bins? Er… you don’t want to look in those; it’s really not that interesting…
Ok, so there’s a whole bin of black… that’s not so bad… right?
The bin under it? *tugging nervously at my collar*
It’s not even in focus! That doesn’t prove anything.
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Hey, take a look at my beautiful view!
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Why on *earth* do you have soooooo much black yarn?? I can’t even imagine you knitting/crocheting in black, not large swatches of it.
Also, I think my entire yarn stash could fit in those four large bins you have in your storage unit. Holy crap woman you have a LOT of yarn!
I’m not positive, but I think the black was cheaper than the other colours.
The current, yet vague, plan is to make a bunch of black hat/scarf sets (gender neutral FTW!), and use the scraps from the other colours to accent some other mostly black hat/scarf sets.
Also, maybe a scarf for me… or a very thick scrap-ghan…. or maybe some decorative balls of yarn to place artistically around the house…
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