I am currently taking part in a basket challenge in a group I belong to on Ravelry. I haven't done one of these before but it's proving to be great fun. The idea is that you fill a basket (or box or bag, or just nominate yarns in your stash) with yarn of your choice from stash and then you have a certain amount of time (in this case it's until the end of March) to get through as much of it as you can. These are my nominated yarns. They are (from top) a pack of Valley Northfield (the navy blue), a full skein of Wollmeise Lace-Garn (the purple), a skein of Wollmeise Pure (the greeny one), a ball of Rowan Cotton Glace (the yellow), a part skein of Valley Huntington (the light blue), a part skein of Wollmeise Pure (dark brown - looks black), and a skein of Dye-Version BFL sock (the blue-green).
As well as working through as much of this stash as possible there are also optional fun points to be earned through various means from completing finished objects to having the yarn in your stash for a while, to working on the projects in an unusual (but safe) place. Knitting in the sandbox, anyone?!
So far I have a finished sweater from the Northfield, and my charity coffee cup cosy from the blue and dark brown partial skeins. I'm now three-quarters of the way through a pair of socks using the Dye-Version. I've been saving this yarn as it was bought on a trip to Canada where I deliberately bought local yarns. When you know it's not going to be easy to get more, you save stuff, but I decided it was time for this yarn to realise its potential and the colours are beautiful.
Whether I'll get through all of the rest in the next six weeks is up to see, but I'll give it a good go and no doubt will have fun along the way, whatever the outcome.
As well as working through as much of this stash as possible there are also optional fun points to be earned through various means from completing finished objects to having the yarn in your stash for a while, to working on the projects in an unusual (but safe) place. Knitting in the sandbox, anyone?!
So far I have a finished sweater from the Northfield, and my charity coffee cup cosy from the blue and dark brown partial skeins. I'm now three-quarters of the way through a pair of socks using the Dye-Version. I've been saving this yarn as it was bought on a trip to Canada where I deliberately bought local yarns. When you know it's not going to be easy to get more, you save stuff, but I decided it was time for this yarn to realise its potential and the colours are beautiful.
Whether I'll get through all of the rest in the next six weeks is up to see, but I'll give it a good go and no doubt will have fun along the way, whatever the outcome.
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